WORLD IN BRIEF : GABON : Riots Spur France to Evacuate Citizens
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
France airlifted 800 of its 3,000 citizens out of the African oil city of Port Gentil in Gabon after riots against President Omar Bongo spawned widespread looting, officials said. Two people were killed and 17 were injured in the riots, Gabon’s official daily L’Union said. Bongo blamed the introduction of a multi-party system for the unrest that began after an opposition party leader’s mysterious death.
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