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A group of senior military officers in Gabon said Wednesday they were seizing power in this central African nation, overturning the results of a disputed presidential election shortly after the electoral committee announced that President Ali Bongo had won another term.

President Ali Bongo Ondimba called on people to "make noise" to support him while army officers appeared on TV to say they had taken power and as locals celebrated the coup, Western powers decried it

Military officers said they’d removed Ali Bongo from power days after he claimed victory in the presidential election. But the circumstances are very different from other recent coups in West and Central Africa.

The suspected coup leader of Gabon, Brice Nguema, has said that a meeting of military generals will take place Wednesday at 14:00 GMT to decide the new leader for the country.   The meeting will decide who will become the transition leader of the Central African nation.   He disclosed this in an exclusive interview with the French newspaper Le Monde. Brice Nguema is the leader of the elite Republican Guard and a relative to President Ali Bongo, who was earlier ousted as President in a coup by ...

Top military officials in Gabon appeared on television on Wednesday and announced that they had ended the regime of President Ali Bongo.

The coup came shortly after the announcement of the country's presidential poll results.

President Bola Tinubu has expressed concern about the Wednesday coup in the Republic of Gabon in the West Coast of Central Africa.

Gabon's President Ali Bongo has appealed for help after the army deposed him in a coup and put him under house arrest. Speaking...

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised the Nigerian military not to emulate the Gabonese army that on Wednesday overthrown President Ali Bongo in a bloodless Coup d'etat. MURIC's Executive Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, gave the advice in a statement on Wednesday. "While we frown upon the sit-tight syndrome adopted by the Bongo family in…

MacDaniel Mark, a public affairs analyst and commentator has condemned former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, over his comment to a military coup that ousted President Ali Bongo of Gabon. Daily Trust had earlier reported that some top army officers seized power from the democratically elected government of Bongo who just won a presidential election on…