Gabon: Locals stockpile food, cash in anticipation of unrest Tension is mounting in Gabon as the nation awaits a final ruling by the Constitutional Court on who will be the next president following a bitterly-contested election that triggered days of deadly violence. Wary locals are withdrawing cash and also stockpiling food to last through the weekend, worried that any fresh unrest could see the streets blocked with roadblocks and checkpoints. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES