Bongo dead! No he's not!

But now he is. For reals. BCC story last night quoted sources in Barcelona saying he had died; the Gabonese PM "didn't know anything about it" and his family insisted he was still alive in a report this morning. But now, phew, the whole saga is over. Except that everyone is freaking out and stockpiling food and the borders are closed and the internet is shut off...

Will the Fang elite go nuts over the elections that are supposed to come in 45 days?
Will Pierre Mamboundou, former opposition leader turned pragmatist, use any of the 21 million dollars Bongo gave him for Ndende (my peace corps town) to make a final run for the presidency?
How many bodies will turn up even IF elections are fairly quiet?

Oh dear oh dear oh dear...