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Gabonese Rebel Leader to Be Sworn In as Interim President on Monday

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Brice Oligui Nguema, the leader of rebels in Gabon, will be sworn in as an interim president before the constitutional court on Monday, a spokesman of rebels said on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba was reelected as the country's head for a third term after securing 64.2% of the vote. Following the election body's announcement, the Gabonese military delivered a televised address, declaring that the election results were canceled and all institutions were dissolved, AFP reported. The president has since been placed under house arrest, while his son has been detained.

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Gabonese Rebel Leader to Be Sworn In as Interim President on Monday

17:25 31.08.2023

© AFP 2023 "-"Head of Gabon's elite Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema, is seen in Libreville on August 16, 2023 during celebrations ahead of Gabon Independence day celebrated on August 17, 2023. The leaders of the coup in Gabon on August 30, 2023 named Republican Guard chief General Brice Oligui Nguema transitional president, according to a TV statement, after the military seized control in the wake of elections.

Head of Gabon's elite Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema, is seen in Libreville on August 16, 2023 during celebrations ahead of Gabon Independence day celebrated on August 17, 2023. The leaders of the coup in Gabon on August 30, 2023 named Republican Guard chief General Brice Oligui Nguema transitional president, according to a TV statement, after the military seized control in the wake of elections. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 31.08.2023

In power for 14 years, Ali Bongo Ondimba has been announced winner of the 2023 presidential elections with 64.27% of the votes cast. Later on Wednesday, a group of a Gabonese military announced the cancellation of the elections' results and the dissolution of "all the institutions of the Republic".

Brice Oligui Nguema, the leader of rebels in Gabon, will be sworn in as an interim president before the constitutional court on Monday, a spokesman of rebels said on Thursday.

"The transitional president will take the oath before the constitutional court on Monday, September 4, 2023 at the presidential administration," the spokesman said on air of a local broadcaster.

Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba arrives for the 75th anniversary celebrations of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on November 12, 2021. A group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television on August 30, 2023 announcing they were putting an end to the current regime and scrapping official election results that had handed another term to veteran President Ali Bongo Ondimba.
During the announcement, AFP journalists heard gunfire ring out in the Gabonese capital, Libreville. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 30.08.2023

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Earlier on Wednesday, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba was reelected as the country's head for a third term after securing 64.2% of the vote. Following the election body's announcement, the Gabonese military delivered a televised address, declaring that the election results were canceled and all institutions were dissolved, AFP reported. The president has since been placed under house arrest, while his son has been detained.