Gabon opposition leader and former PM Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze arrested

Gabon authorities have arrested main opposition leader and vocal government critic Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, his political party said in a statement on Thursday.

Bilie-By-Nze was detained at his home late on Wednesday, his Together For Gabon (EPG) party said, adding that it was carried out in “conditions that we consider arbitrary, brutal and manifestly contrary to the fundamental principles of the rule of law.”

The party said the…