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Hundreds of Gabon’s citizens flooded the capital, Libreville, to celebrate the end of President Ali Bongo and the 53-year rule of his family in the country. The wild jubilation followed after a group of senior military officers said they had seized power on Wednesday. The world woke up on Wednesday morning to witness that another…

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has appeared in a video calling for his “friends” to “make noise” after military officers in the oil-rich Central African state staged a coup. “I’m sending a message to all friends that we have all over the world to tell them to make noise for (…) the people

The new leader was erstwhile head of the presidential guard and reportedly a relative of deposed President Ali Bongo.

The alleged coup leader in Gabon, Brice Oligui Nguema, heads the Gabonese Presidency’s Republican Guard, the country’s most powerful security unit.

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, has predicted that there will be more military takeover of African countries. Fani-Kayode, who said this on Wednesday while reacting to the coup in Gabon on Wednesday, said that he was not surprised by the military coup in Gabon and believes that more coups can also be expected in West and Central Africa.

In an ornate chair, surrounded by expensive furniture and artefacts, Gabons ousted President Ali Bongo pleaded in a video on Wednesday for allies to make noise after a military takeover that... -Today at 01:54 pm- MarketScreener

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  Gabon Coup: Tinubu ‘Working Closely' With  Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has said that he is working closely with the African Union (AU) to determine the next line of action to take in Gabon where the military has taken over constitutional power.   Gabonese soldiers on Wednesday announced a coup hours after President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has controlled the country for a half-century, was declared to have been re-elected for a third term in a disputed election.  

Breaking published on 30/08/23 at 18:55 - Ali Bongos sworn protector, the Commander of the Gabonese National Guard, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, has ended up ousting the president instead. Behind

A civilian power led by a consensus figure would oversee the transition process, according to Algiers? proposal A six-month transitional p