President Ali Bongo detained as military coup declared in Gabon

Army officers in oil-producing Gabon stated they’d seized energy on Wednesday and had put President Ali Bongo underneath home arrest, stepping in minutes after the Central African state’s election physique introduced he had gained a 3rd time period.

The officers who stated they represented the armed forces declared on tv that the election outcomes had been canceled, borders had been closed and state establishments had been dissolved, after a tense vote with out worldwide observers that was set to increase the Bongo household’s greater than half century in energy.

Lots of of individuals celebrated the navy’s intervention, whereas France, Gabon’s former colonial ruler which has troops stationed within the African nation, condemned the coup.