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Gabon coup: Army cancels elections and seizes power
Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power.
They said they were annulling the results of Saturday's election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner.
The electoral commission said Mr Bongo had won just under two-thirds of the votes in an election the opposition argued was fraudulent.
His overthrow would end his family's 53-year hold on power in Gabon.
Gabon is one of Africa's major oil producers, while nearly 90% of the country is covered by forests.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66654965
They said they were annulling the results of Saturday's election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner.
The electoral commission said Mr Bongo had won just under two-thirds of the votes in an election the opposition argued was fraudulent.
His overthrow would end his family's 53-year hold on power in Gabon.
Gabon is one of Africa's major oil producers, while nearly 90% of the country is covered by forests.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66654965
There's not much, democratically, between a family hold on power through "elections" for over half a century, and an army junta. We'll have to wait and see what they propose.
