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Brice Oligui Nguema is named transitional leader after the overthrow of President Ali Bongo.

In a video from detention in his residence, President Ali Bongo Ondimba called on people to "make noise" to support him. But the crowds who took to the streets of the capital instead celebrated the coup against a dynasty accused of getting rich on the country's resource wealth while many of its citizens struggle.

Following the Gabon coup, all operations at the country’s main port in Libreville had been halted and all flights have been cancelled.

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the countrys leader Wednesday.

The African continent has had a number of leaders who have spent decades in office despite claims to democracy.

Mutinous soldiers in the African nation of Gabon have proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader after placing the just-reelected Pres

General Brice Oligui Nguema, named Gabon’s new leader following a coup, loyally served the central African country’s longtime strongman before turning on his son in Wednesday’s military takeover.

Rest of World News: NAIROBI: Military officers said they had seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation of Gabon early Wednesday, overturning the results of a di.

Some former French colonies in Africa are fast gaining notoriety for military coups. Experts blame the worrying trend on high levels of poverty, poor governance, excessive French influence and ineffective civil society.

The Gabonese Republic lies on the Equator and is located on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa. Oil and mineral rich Gabon is home to 2.3 million people. , Opinion News, Times Now