LIBREVILLE: Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in...
Filepix: Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2022/REUTERSPix: Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor.
“Today, the country is going through a serious institutional, political, economic and social crisis,“ according to the statement read on state TV. “We -- the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions on behalf of the people of Gabon and as guarantors of the institutions’ protection -- have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime,“ it said.TV images later showed the head of the Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema, being carried in triumph by hundreds of soldiers, to cries of “Oligui president.
The announcement came just moments after the national election authority declared Bongo had won a third term in Saturday's election with 64.27 percent of the vote.
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