FACTBOX, /TASS/. On the morning of August 30, 2023, a group of high-ranking officers of the Gabonese armed forces appeared on national television to announce that they had taken power and annulled the results of the August 26 elections, in which incumbent President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who had held office since 2009, was re-elected for…
Research shows over 200 attempts to overthrow African governments have taken place since the middle of the last century, but before an uptick in the past three years, they had become a rare occurrence.