LIBREVILLE — Some 70 people, including several opposition figures, were still in detention nearly a month after a wave of post-election violence erupted in Gabon, a judicial source said on Friday.Thirty-nine people have been charged for their alleged role in rioting and looting that broke out in Gabon after the disputed vote. They are being held pending trial, the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.Some 30 others have been brought before a court and were awaiting sentencing, the source added.Violence erupted on August 31 after President Ali Bongo was first declared the winner of the contested vote. Opposition demonstrators who believed the election had been rigged set parliament ablaze and clashed with police, who made hundreds of arrests.Many of the detainees were released within days, after being held in often grim conditions.Among the opposition figures still in detention were ex-MP Bertrand Zibi Abeghe, who resigned in July.He was charged for "incitement of rebellion" and...
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