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20 Things To Know About Gabon’s Military Coup by SamuelOamen: 11:23am On Aug 30, 2023 |
The military in the early hours of Wednesday announced the takeover of the government in Gabon. This is coming after the July 26 coup d'état in Niger Republic 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. The Nation reports that a group of senior Gabonese soldiers on Wednesday appeared on national television and said they had taken power, minutes after the state election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term. The senior officers said they represented all security and defence forces in the Central African nation. Here are things to know about the Military coup in Gabon 1. Gabon general election was held on August 26, 2023. 2. Incumbent President Ali Bongo Ondimba ran for re-election. 3. The Gabonese Democratic Party, of which Bongo is a member, has ruled the country continuously since independence from France in 1960, including 41 years under Bongo's father, Omar. 4. Allegations of electoral fraud and irregularities immediately emerged from opposition parties and independent observers, casting a shadow of doubt over the legitimacy of the election results 5. Bongo was declared the winner on 29 August. 6. Albert Ondo Ossa, who came second in the elections, alleged electoral irregularities. 7. Ondo Ossa, just two hours before the polls closed, denounced "fraud orchestrated by the Bongo camp." 8. He had already claimed victory and urged Bongo to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power based on his own purported vote count. 9. The election result was annulled following the coup d'état. 10. The military-led coup ousted the re-elected president, Ali Bongo Ondimba. 11. Following the announcement of the coup, celebrations broke out in the streets of Libreville. 12. The coup occurred just minutes after Bongo's re-election was declared at 3:30 AM WAT by the Gabonese electoral commission with 64.27% of the vote. 13. There has been no comment from the government of Gabon, which is a member of the oil producer group OPEC. 14. No reports on the whereabouts of Bongo, who was last seen in public casting his vote in the vote on Saturday. 15. The coup is the eighth in West and Central Africa since 2020. 16. The latest one, in Niger, was in July. 17. Military officers have also seized power in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Chad. 18. Bongo's family has ruled the oil producing but poor nation for 56 years. 19. His detractors say he has done little to channel its oil and other wealth towards the population of some 2.3 million people, a third of whom live in poverty. 20. In a speech delivered on the country's Independence Day on 17 August, Bongo, a close ally of France, insisted that he would not allow Gabon to be subjected to "destabilization", referring to the other coups. https://thenationonlineng.net/20-things-to-know-about-gabons-military-coup/ 1 Like
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Re: 20 Things To Know About Gabon’s Military Coup by Likitah1: 11:29am On Aug 30, 2023 |
Interesting |
Re: 20 Things To Know About Gabon’s Military Coup by nepapole(m): 11:30am On Aug 30, 2023 |
The pro democracy folks in Nigeria go don dey fear smalsmal |
Re: 20 Things To Know About Gabon’s Military Coup by festacman(m): 11:36am On Aug 30, 2023 |
May this Francophone coup epidemic FORCE African leaders to do the right things for their citizens. 1 Like |
Re: 20 Things To Know About Gabon’s Military Coup by waynetee(m): 11:37am On Aug 30, 2023 |
Oil rich Country with just 2 million people still dey suffer, black man which way? 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 20 Things To Know About Gabon’s Military Coup by Nobody: 11:40am On Aug 30, 2023 |
Interesting. Thanks |
Re: 20 Things To Know About Gabon’s Military Coup by LikeAking: 11:50am On Aug 30, 2023 |
waynetee: What! This has debunked the population myth… Nigerian will always say we have a large population. Another African nation has been taken by the military. Ecowas go fight die…. |
Re: 20 Things To Know About Gabon’s Military Coup by Gilgil: 1:51pm On Aug 30, 2023 |
Unfortunately, these cannot be applied internationally. As long as you are Nigerian and carry a Nigerian passport, there is no distinction as to the poor image we have. The only 2 ways are to repair the country and its image OR create your own country out of it. UncleAyo: |
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