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  On Wednesday, August 31, Gabon, whose Presidential envoy was in Abuja two weeks ago on solidarity visit to President Tinubu who is the ECOWAS Chairman over the Niger coup debacle became the latest bride of coupists on the continent of Africa.   Early on Wednesday, August 30, the Gabonese national electoral authority announced that Bongo, who had been in power for 14 years, was re-elected for a third term with 64.27 percent of votes cast.  

The coup in Gabon this week is most unlikely to be a regime change. Gen Brice Nguema, the head of the junta is a relation of the Bongo family and started his career as body guard to Omar Bongo, the father of the deposed president who had ruled for 42 years. The coup occurred minutes…

A military coup thrust the Central African nation of Gabon into turmoil Wednesday, unseating the president – whose family had held power for more than half a century – just minutes after he was named the winner of a contested election.

This is coming amid reports of military coups spreading across African nations, with Gabon being the latest. 

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who will be sworn in on Monday as Gabon's military ruler has been a regular face in the corridor of power