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LIBREVILLE: A group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television on Wednesday announcing that they were putting an end to the current regime and scrapping official election results that had handed another term to veteran leader Ali Bongo Ondimba.

Many of the coups we are seeing across Africa are driven by internal politics and opportunism - they should not be mistaken for people power.

The coup leaders in Gabon have placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest a few hours after he was toppled.

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said on Wednesday that they had seized power and placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest. If successful, the coup would be the eighth in West and Central Africa since 2020. Below is reaction from analysts:RUKMINI SANYAL, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ANALYST, ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT "We deem the latest polls to not have been held in a free or fair manner, as evidenced by the suspension of several foreign broadcasts...

Many of the coups we are seeing across Africa are driven by internal politics and opportunism - they should not be mistaken for people power.

Also in the news today, Hurricane Idalia unleashes on Florida and Georgia, swamping wide stretch of coast

The continent of Africa has experienced seven coups since August 2020.

LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabonese President Ali Bongo, speaking from apparent house arrest on Wednesday, asked the international community to "make noise" to support him and his family in a video shared widely online after military officers declared they had seized power.

After weeks of tension between the military and civilian leaders, the armed forces led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan staged a new coup

Gabon officers declare military coup, President Ali Bongo detained