Celebrations in Gabon after military officers announce seizure of power
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By Mihir Melwani, Jake Kwon, Jessie Yeung, Mylene Loubiere-Anderson and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Military officers in Gabon appeared on national television on Wednesday to declare they were seizing power, prompting celebrations and reports of gunfire on the streets of the capital.
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The televised announcement came hours after the Central African nation’s president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was declared to have been re-elected for a third term.
By Mihir Melwani, Jake Kwon, Jessie Yeung, Mylene Loubiere-Anderson and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Military officers in Gabon appeared on national television on Wednesday to declare they were seizing power, prompting celebrations and reports of gunfire on the streets of the capital.
Crowds celebrated in Gabon after mutinous soldiers said they were seizing power in order to overturn results of a presidential election and remove a leader whose family has held power for 55 years.
DAKAR, Senegal >> Mutinous soldiers in Gabon said Wednesday they were overturning the results of a presidential election that was to extend the Bongo family’s 55-year hold on power.
Mutinous soldiers in Gabon said Wednesday they were overturning the results of a presidential election that was to extend the Bongo family’s 55-year hold on power. The central African country’s
Appearing on state-run TV hours after President Ali Bongo Ondimba was declared the winner of last weekend’s vote, the officers said they were canceling the result, suspending the government, and closing Gabon’s borders until further notice.
A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, minutes after the state election body announced President…
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