Minutes after Ali Bongo Ondimba was reelected to a third term as president of Gabon Aug. 30, a coup led by Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, head of the country’s central security forces, overthrew the government. Ali Bongo became president in 2009 following the death of his father, Omar Bongo Ondimba, who became president in 1967 with the backing of the French rulers, the former colonial power. The family is one of the richest in Africa, growing enormously wealthy in office by offering