30 August 2023 at 06:08 Soldiers say they have seized power in Gabon High-ranking figures in Gabon’s military say they have seized power in the country, and that this weekend’s elections have been cancelled, Reuters and AFP report. The two news agencies write that the soldiers made an announcement on TV early Wednesday morning. The messages come shortly after the country’s electoral authority announced that President Ali Bongo had won re-election to a third term. AFP journalists in the capital Libreville report that shots have been heard. Ali Bongo was re-elected to a third term with 64 percent of the vote, according to the country’s election center CGE. Supporters of Bongo’s main rival Albert Ondo Ossa claimed on Monday that they had won the election and called on Bongo to concede defeat. One in three young people in Gabon is unemployed, and a large part of the country’s 2.5 million inhabitants have never experienced any other leader than Ali Bongo and his father Omar Bongo. The latter led the country from 1967 until his death in 2009. Then his son took over power. (NTB)
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