The coup in Gabon this week is most unlikely to be a regime change. Gen Brice Nguema, the head of the junta is a relation of the Bongo family and started his career as body guard to Omar Bongo, the father of the deposed President who had ruled for 42 years. The coup occurred minutes after President Ali Bongo had been declared winner of a rigged election. He had been incapacitated since he suffered from a stroke in 2019 and the optics of a president without the capacity to govern has been an issue since his stroke. The symbolism of someone who is incapable of exercising power rigging election after election posed the question of how much longer can the charade last. When there was an attempted coup in January 2019, the army responded immediately rounding up the culprits. As everyone knows, Gabon is too precious for France to allow regime change. In the coming days, it will become clearer who allowed this coup to succeed.
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President Bola Tinubu has expressed concern over the recent coup d’état in Gabon, saying he is watching closely while consulting with member states of the African Union.
The European Union (UN) has rejected the seizure of power by force in Gabon and called for restraint from all parties, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement on Thursday.
ASHENEWS reports that General Brice Nguema, who was earlier on Wednesday, reportedly names as chosen to head the military junta in the Central African Republic of Gabon, has said that he was not yet appointed as the head of the Gabonese government.
President Ali Bongo, who was toppled in a military coup on Wednesday morning, has pleaded with his international friends to make noise for his release.
ASHENEWS reports that President Bola Tinubu has expressed concern about the Wednesday coup in the West Coast of Central African Republic of Gabon.
ASHENEWS reports that Nigeria’s former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has given reasons why there could be more coups in French-speaking West and Central African countries in the near future.