Gabon coup leaders name General Brice Oligui Nguema as new leader
Brice Oligui Nguema is named transitional leader after the overthrow of President Ali Bongo.
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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 country's leader Wednesday.
The African continent has had a number of leaders who have spent decades in office despite claims to democracy.