Gabon’s army has said that it would reopen the country’s borders, closed in the wake of the military coup that ousted ex-president, Ali Bongo Ondimba. General Brice Oligui Nguema, the head of the elite Republican Guard, on Wednesday led officers in a coup against Bongo, scion of a family that had ruled for 55 years. His ousting came just moments after Bongo, 64, was proclaimed victor in presidential elections at the weekend, a result branded a fraud by the opposition. The coup leaders said they had dissolved the nation’s institutions and cancelled the election results as well as closed the borders. Five other countries in Africa, Mali, Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Niger have undergone coups in the last three years.

Source: Nigerian Tribune September 02, 2023 15:47 UTC