A group of military officers in Gabon announced on Wednesday, the 30th day of August, 2023,that they had seized power in the African nation, according to a televised address circulating on social media.

The announcement came minutes after Gabon’s election body announced incumbent President Ali Bongo had won a third term, extending his family’s half-century rule over the oil-rich Central African country of 2.3 million population.

If successful, the coup would represent the 10th in west and central Africa since 2017. a region that in the last decade had made strides to shed its reputation as a "coup belt", only for persistent insecurity and corruption to open the door to military leaders once again!

And in this video, we bring to you six Sub-Saharan African countries that have witnessed military coup in recent years

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