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By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday, placing President ...

By Sybille de La Hamaide and Dominique Vidalon

Elections in the country during the dynasty's decades in power were  followed by protests, then security force crackdowns and ultimately silence, writes Douglas Yates. Until Wednesday, when the Bongo regime was finally overthrown.  By Douglas Yates  American Graduate School in Paris (AGS) A

Celebrations In Gabon After Military Officers Announce Seizure of Power

The camp of Albert Ondo Ossa, President Ali Bongo Ondimba's main rival in Saturday's election in Gabon, reaffirmed on Monday that it had won, in the absence News

The Network of Human Rights Defenders in Central Africa (Redhac) says the internet shutdown and curfew imposed by the authorities in Gabon raise serious

The country was placed under curfew and Internet access was cut off once voting ended last week. The first voting trends provided by civil society observers put the main opposition candidate in the lead.

The opposition supporters asked the head of state to concede defeat and hand over the position to Albert Ondo Ossa, who won the presidency.

Reporters Without Borders also denounced the fact that foreign media was largely restricted from covering the vote.

Gabon has come under fire for cutting internet access and restricting media broadcasts during the weekend's elections. As vote counting continues, opposition leader Albert Ondo Ossa denounced "fraud"…