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Soldiers seized power in OPEC member Gabon, four days after the central African nation held presidential elections.

Key activities and events lined up for today.

At least 12 Gabon soldiers appeared on television in the capital Libreville Wednesday announcing they were taking over, cancelling the results of the countrys recent election and dissolving...

Army officers in Gabon, Wednesday, announced they have taken over power in the Central African country, BBC reports. The officers who appeared on national television said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. The soldiers who introduced themselves as members of the CTRI (The Committee

Provides an overview of Gabon, including key dates and facts about this west African country.

The European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell, on Wednesday, said EU defence ministers are to discuss the situation in Gabon.

Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the Wednesday's dawn coup d'état in Gabon, saying “we should expect more coups in the

In Gabon, a few minutes after the release of the official results of the general elections, a group of soldiers announced the cancellation of the vote and the dissolution of the institutions. Among the soldiers who spoke on Gabon 24 television on August 30 were members of the Republican Guard (GR), the Praetorian Guard of the Presidency (Green Berets) and regular army soldiers and police officers. The national authority in charge of the election had just declared President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in ...

(CNN) — Military officers in Gabon declared they were seizing power from President Ali Bongo Ondimba in a stunning coup on Wednesday, threatening the family’s half-century rule over the central

According to Al Jazeera, a group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television on Wednesday, announcing that they had seized power in