http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/24/world/africa/gabon-ali-bongo-ondimba.html 2016-09-24 05:06:36 Constitutional Court in Gabon Upholds Ali Bongo Ondimba’s Disputed Re-election Tensions have increased sharply in the country since the Aug. 27 presidential vote, and it remained unclear opposition supporters would accept the ruling. === LIBREVILLE, Gabon — The announcement read by the court’s president, Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo, put an end to the legal challenges available to the opposition candidate, The court’s announcement indicated that Mr. Bongo’s “I will make this victory one for all Gabonese,” Mr. Bongo said in a statement posted on his Twitter account. Mr. Ping and his supporters had accused Mr. Bongo of vote-rigging, and the The constitutional court rejected those arguments, saying that the claims did not change the fundamental outcome of the election. Tensions have increased in the weeks since the Aug. 27 vote, and it remained unclear whether Mr. Ping’s supporters would accept the court’s ruling. The opposition says as many as 100 people have been killed, and 1,200 people have been detained by the authorities. Mr. Bongo has been in power since 2009, when his father,