Mutinous soldiers in Gabon say they have seized power and detained president
President Ali Bongo Ondimba has called for the public to support him.
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President Ali Bongo Ondimba has called for the public to support him.
Mutinous soldiers in Gabon have announced that the head of the republican guard will be the country’s new head of state, hours after saying they had placed the newly re-elected president under house arrest. The mutinous soldiers went on Gabon’s state television and said that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was president of the Committee for the Transition and Restauration of Institutions. Oligui is the leader of the republican guard, an elite military unit. He’s also the cousin of President Ali Bongo Ondimba. Earlier Wednesday, soldiers had hoisted Oligui into the air in th...
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In a video apparently from detention in his residence, President Ali Bongo Ondimba called on people to ’make noise’ to support him. But crowds instead took to the streets of the capital and sang the national anthem to celebrate the coup
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world. But he swore one wouldn’t happen to him. “While our continent has been shaken in recent weeks by violent crises, rest assured that I will never allow you and our country […]