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The press freedom climate in Gabon was rife with contradiction last year. Although the government of President Omar Bongo exercised much less control over public opinion than in previous years, local journalists increasingly practiced self-censorship, in line with the virtual lack of political opposition in this oil-rich country. Since the general elections of 1997, which…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260