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LIBREVILLE — Rebel officers in Gabon announced on 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
LIBREVILLE, Aug 31, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Leaders of the coup in Gabon on Wednesday named a general transitional president after
Internet services restored after TV address by coup leaders.
TV images showed the head of the Republican Guard being carried triumphantly by hundreds of soldiers, to cries of "Oligui president".
Ali Bongo, the man ousted as Gabon's president, is a man of many faces. To some, he is a spoilt, playboy prince who saw ruling...