West African coups set to worsen already prevailing crises
The reality is that the African countries under new military leaders following coups face the spectre of plunging into Libyan and Sudan-like chaos.
Source: dailymaverick.co.za
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Coup in Gabon: Ali Bongo the eighth west African leader to be ousted by military in two years – Famagusta Gazette
Folahanmi Aina Associate Fellow, Royal United Services InstituteGabon’s prime minister, Ali Bongo, has become the latest in a string of African leaders to be ousted by a military coup in rece
Source: famagusta-gazette.com
A second wave of independence for former French colonies? – The Mail & Guardian
Rigging elections has been a national sport in too many of the region’s territories – will Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville be next?
Source: mg.co.za
Ali may be gone but the Bongo system survives in Gabon, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
A contagion theory of coups in Africa misses the clear dimensions in which Gabon differs from other recent coups on the continent.
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Military coup in Gabon, president under house arrest
LIBREVILLE — Rebel officers in Gabon announced Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled the oil-rich state for more than 55 years, had been declared winner.The claimed takeover sparked condemnation from the African Union (AU) and alarm from Nigeria over "contagious autocracy" in a continent where
Source: jordantimes.com