Breaking! Five Weeks After Coup In Niger, Soldiers Seize Power In Gabon

Hamilton Nwosa
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Senior Gabonese military officers have announced on national television in Libreville that they have seized power in the African country.

They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner.

The Gabonese electoral commission said President Bongo had won just under two-thirds of the votes in an election the opposition argued was fraudulent.

Bongo’s overthrow would end his family’s 53-year hold on power in Gabon.

On 26 July 2023, a coup d’état occurred in the Republic of the Niger when the country’s presidential guard detained president Mohamed Bazoum, and presidential guard commander General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of a new military junta, shortly after confirming the coup a success.

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