PORT GENTIL, Gabon, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Gabonese President Ali Bongo called for peace as protesters angered by his election joined looters in a second night of violence, authorities said Sunday.

The death toll from the sinking of a ferry last week in Gabon has risen to six ... Libreville, to Port-Gentil, an oil port town further south, when it capsized in calm waters on March 9 close ...