Gabon military officers claim power, say election lacked credibility
Gabon military officers claim power, say election lacked credibility
Television announcement came shortly after incumbent Ali Bongo was declared president for a third term.
A group of senior military officers have appeared on television in Gabon claiming they have taken power because elections held over the weekend were not credible.
The officers said in the Wednesday broadcast they had cancelled the elections, dissolved all state institutions and closed the country’s borders.
They said they represented all security and defence forces of Gabon.
The announcement came shortly after the state election body said President Ali Bongo had won a third term in office in Saturday’s disputed elections.
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Easier to count which countries in that region that are not under military hold than those that are.
In 2019, Gabon experienced an attempted coup when they even took the national radio and tv. The coup agents were arrested (and possibly killed).
Niger recently, Chad, Mail, Burkina Faso….