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Gabon coup leader sworn in as interim president to cheering crowds – National

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Gabon coup leader sworn in as interim president to cheering crowds – National

The leader of a coup that ousted Gabon’s President Ali Bongo was sworn in as interim president and cheered by jubilant supporters on Monday in a televised ceremony designed to cast the military as liberators of an oppressed society. In West and Central Africa’s eighth coup in three years, army officers led by General Brice Oligui … Read more

Coup attempt in Gabon as soldiers dispute election result – National

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Coup attempt in Gabon as soldiers dispute election result – National

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon said Wednesday they were seizing power to overturn the results of a presidential election, and claimed to have arrested the president, whose family has held power for 55 years. The coup attempt came hours after the central African country’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba, 64, was declared winner of an election marred … Read more