Gabon: no precedent for a military coup

Members of the Gabonese military attempted to overthrow the government of President Ali Bongo Ondimba on January 7. Announced on state television by Lieutenant Kelly Ondo Obiang and calling their members the Patriotic Movement of the Defense and Security Forces of Gabon, the attempted coup has failed and its members arrested or killed, according to Gabonese government spokesman Guy-Bertrand Mapango. The attempted coup took place amid dissent in the central African state regarding the status and health of President Ondimba, who has been convalescing in Morocco for the past month following the stroke the Gabonese leader suffered while attending a …

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