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Mutinous soldiers claimed to have seized power in Gabon and put the president under house arrest, hours after he was declared the winner in an election extending his family’s 55-year
An analyst has expressed concern, warning that Gabon s citizens will lose again if President Ali Bongo s autocracy is replaced by a military dictatorship.
Mutinous soldiers in Gabon have proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader after placing the newly re-elected president under house arrest and alleging massive embezzlement under his long-time rule over the oil-rich nation. The mutinous soldiers went on Gabon’s state television and said that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was designated president of a transitional committee to lead the country. Oligui is a cousin of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled the oil-rich nation for 55 years but whose government has drawn allegations of corruption and mismanagement.