VOA 60: Gabon’s interim president files paperwork to contest presidential election, and more

Gabon’s interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who seized power in a 2023 military coup, submitted paperwork to run as a candidate in the April 12 presidential election. Nguema said Saturday he will run as an independent candidate. Plus, Nigeriens are struggling to find gas stations which are open, and where stations are open, residents face long queues amid an unprecedented shortage of Super fuel, the most widely used gas in this Sahelian state of 26 million people. Niger produces oil but refines only a small amount of it. This, and other news updates on today’s VOA 60!