Gabon coup

Dressed in a red ceremonial costume of the elite Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguemaalso swore to "preserve the achievements of democracy' in Gabon

An officer declared that General Oligui Nguema Brice had been unanimously chosen to lead the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions

It is the eighth coup in West and Central Africa since 2020

'We have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime' says a group of Gabonese soldiers on behalf of a 'committee'