GABON-SOCIAL-OPPOSITION-VIOLENCE

Scattered trash is strewn outside the residence of the former Africa Union commission president Jean Ping following an attack on his home on January 12, 2015, in Libreville. Gabonese opposition figure and former African Union commission president Ping said his home was attacked by a group of youths dispatched by the "thug-state" of president Ali Bongo Ondimba. Ping told AFP that a large group of people set upon his home before supporters of his opposition movement intervened to halt the violence and detain several attackers that he claimed were paid to mount the strike. AFP PHOTO/STEVE JORDAN (Photo by Steeve Jordan / AFP) (Photo by STEEVE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)