6 September 2009
Addis Ababa — The African Union will send a mission to Gabon to help restore order.
Former Senegalese Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse will lead the AU delegation to Libreville.
Mr Niasse was in Gabon until recently to mediate between competing political parties following the death of Omar Bongo.
The AU Commission has in the meantime urged all Gabonese parties to exercise utmost restraint and desist from further violence.
The commission appealed to all parties to work together to resolve the political stalemate amicably.
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