Situation in Gabon

ECCAS Announces Another Extraordinary Session on Situation in Gabon

© AFP 2023 STEEVE JORDAN(First row, from L) Central African Republic's President Faustin Archange Touadera, Chad's President Idriss Deby, Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, CEEAC general secretary Ahmad Allam-Mi (Second row) Cameroon Prime Minister Philemon Yang (C) and other officials pose for the opening of the 8th extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) on November 30, 2016 in Libreville.
(First row, from L) Central African Republic's President Faustin Archange Touadera, Chad's President Idriss Deby, Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, CEEAC general secretary Ahmad Allam-Mi (Second row) Cameroon Prime Minister Philemon Yang (C) and other officials pose for the opening of the 8th extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) on November 30, 2016 in Libreville. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 02.09.2023
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Before dawn on Wednesday, a group of senior military officers in Gabon announced the cancellation of recent election results and the dissolution of state institutions, bringing an end to the 56-year rule of the Bongo family over Gabon.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) announced that it will hold an extraordinary session next Monday amid a military takeover in Gabon.

"The conference decided to hold its next extraordinary session in person in Djibloho, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, on September 4, 2023," the ECCAS said in a communique following its third extraordinary session on the situation in Gabon.

Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin-Archange Touadera has been appointed to mediate negotiations with the conflicting parties in Gabon to restore constitutional order in the country, according to the communique.
Head of Gabon's elite Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema (R), is decorated by Gabon Prime Minister Alain Claude Bilie Bie Nze (L) 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, 02.09.2023
Situation in Gabon
Gabon's Military Leader Vows More Democracy After Coup
On Wednesday, ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba was reelected as the country's head for a third term. The Gabonese military later delivered a televised address, declaring the election results canceled and all institutions dissolved.
The president has since been placed under house arrest, while his son has been detained, media reported.
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