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The opposition coalition in Gabon has accused the military of showing no indication that having overthrown the former President Ali Bongo they plan...

Gabonese military junta has sworn in coup leader, General Brice Nguema, as the country’s interim president. General Nguema last Wednesday led a coup against elected President Ali Bongo, and removed the president from office shortly after he was announced the winner of the country’s election disputed by the opposition. The BBC reported on Monday that crowds of cheering civilians turned up at General Nguema’s inauguration, showing their support for the military takeover of power in the count...

Gabonese Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup to overthrow President Ali Bongo last month, was sworn in as interim president on Monday. He was cheered...

“President Tinubu noted that Nigeria, under General Abdulsalami Abubakar, instituted a nine-month transition programme in 1998, and it proved very successful, leading the country into a new era of democratic governance,” presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale said in a press release.

Gabon is Africa's latest country to undergo a military coup. But this one is different from its Francophone neigbours.

The swearing-in of Gabonese coup leader Brice Oligui Nguema as interim president on Monday seals the downfall of the Bongo dynasty that ruled the oil-rich central African country for over half a century.Coup leader Oligui, the head of the Republican Guard, is named interim president on August 31 and carried through the streets of Libreville by his troops. 

The leader of Gabon's military junta, General Brice Nguema, has been sworn in as the country's interim president. Sympathisers of the new military leadership attended the ceremony, while former ministers from the ousted government who graced the event were booed by a crowd. Nguema led last Wednesday's coup that toppled ousted President Ali Bongo, shortly…

General Brice Nguema, who toppled long-time leader Ali Bongo, has officially become Gabon's interim leader.

Gen Nguema say im don give di new goment instruction make dem "tink witout delay" about freeing all political prisoners.

The Leader of Gabon Coup, General Brice Oligui Nguema, has been sworn in as the Interim President less than a week after ousting Ali Bongo.