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Gabon coup leader sworn in as 'transitional' head of state

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon's 55-year-old ruling dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising "free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe.

France 24

The Observer view on Gabon: the coup poses a new threat to democracy in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered an alarming spate of military takeovers since 2020

The Guardian - UK

France suspends military cooperation with new regime in Gabon

France's Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu says that Paris has suspended military cooperation with the new regime in Gabon. This comes as leader General Brice Oligui Nguema vowed the country's institutions would be more democratic, two days after heading a coup that ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo…

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Gabon's opposition candidate alleges the ousted president's family is behind a plot to retain power

Gabon’s opposition candidate alleges that the family of the recently ousted president was behind a plot to keep them in power after more than five decades of rule over the oil-rich Central African nation

The Independent UK

What's at stake for French businesses after the coup in Gabon?

French companies have wide-ranging business interests in Gabon worth hundreds of millions of euros. They are already feeling the economic effects after soldiers deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Has Gabon’s ‘all-powerful’ Bongo dynasty really lost its 55-year grip?

The coup may have ended the reign of Ali Bongo’s immediate family, but it’s still about the elite preserving itself.

Al Jazeera

Gabon coup: Bongo's rule ended by failed promises and shifting alliances

The Bongo family’s 56 year hold on power in Gabon was abruptly brought to an end with a military coup on 30 August. The military takeover happened hours after election results were announced that gave Ali Bongo Ondimba a third term. Gyldas Ofoulhast-Othamot, a professor of public and international affairs…

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Gabon coup chief named interim leader as West condemns Bongo ouster

Gabon’s junta has named coup chief General Brice Oligui Nguema, head of the presidential Republican Guard, as the country’s interim leader. The move comes after soldiers deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba after he was declared the winner of national elections.

Radio France Internationale

Coup leaders detain President Ali Bongo, appoint general to lead Gabon's 'transition'

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive embezzlement during his long-time rule over the oil-rich Central African nation.

France 24

Gabon coup: Military parades new leader through the capital after overthrowing president

Former president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been placed under house arrest

Evening Standard

'Planned in advance’: Was Gabon coup timed to follow election results?

Gabonese awoke Thursday to a new military leader after mutinous soldiers ousted a president whose family had ruled the oil-rich Central African nation for more than five decades.

France 24

Ousting of Gabon's unpopular leader was a 'smokescreen' for soldiers to seize power, analysts say

Gabonese are awaking to a new military leader after mutinous soldiers ousted a president whose family had ruled the nation for more than five decades

The Independent UK

Gabon’s new military leader paraded through streets of capital

People seen celebrating in Libreville amid resentment against upstaged 55-year-long dynastic rule

The Independent UK

World reaction to the military coup in Gabon

President Bongo’s ouster came after he was declared winner for a third term in an election opposition called a ‘fraud’.

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France 24

Coup attempt in Gabon: A ‘feeling of liberation’ but also ‘concerns for democracy’

When leading military figures in Gabon announced on August 30 that they had placed President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest in a bid to remove him from power after 14 years, thousands of Gabonese took to the streets to demonstrate their support for the military. Videos show demonstrators singing…

The Guardian - UK

Why Gabon’s coup plotters can count on popular support

Strong desire for change – even if it comes wearing combat fatigues – is feeding Africa’s series of putsches

The Guardian - UK

Gabon military officers declare coup after Ali Bongo wins disputed election

Seizure of power announced on television, cancelling election results that gave president third term in office

Radio France Internationale

The Republic of Gabon in dates

A coup attempt is underway in Gabon. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a group of soldiers declared the “end to the regime” of President Ali Bongo, whose election for a third term as president had just been announced. He succeeded his father, Omar Bongo, in 2009 who had…

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France 24

Disputed election sparks beginning of the end of 56 years of Bongo family rule

The ouster of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo early Wednesday came shortly after the country’s election commission announced the official results of the August 26 presidential election, handing the incumbent another disputed victory. But this time, it provided the spark for a military takeover to end more than half a century…

Al Jazeera

Who is Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim leader?

Nguema heads the Gabonese Presidency’s Republican Guard, the country’s most powerful security unit.

The Independent UK

Gabon's wealthy, dynastic leader thought he could resist Africa's trend of coups. He might be wrong

The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world

Al Jazeera

A ‘coup’ in Gabon: Who, what and why?

Soldiers in Gabon announced the cancellation of recent election results and the dissolution of state institutions.

Al Jazeera

Gabon president calls for help after ouster in country’s first coup

The deposed president called on Gabonese citizens to ‘make noise’ after coup attempt.

WEKU

Military officers in Gabon say they have seized power

Crowds celebrated in Gabon after mutinous soldiers said they were seizing power to overturn results of a presidential election and remove President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has long held power.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon's President Bongo has been 'placed in retirement’, head of presidential guard says

Gabon President Ali Bongo has "been placed in retirement," the head of his presidential guard told Le Monde newspaper on Wednesday after rebel officers said they had toppled him.

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