The Latest Breaking News from Gabon

As a group of senior Gabonese military officers announce they have seized power and placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest, we take a closer look at Gabon's economic situation. The Central African nation is the fourth-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, but a third of its population lives below…

Gabon is one of the largest producers of oil in Africa, yet much of its 2 million population live in poverty

Nearly a dozen soldiers took to state television and said they were overturning the presidential election and called for calm among the population

President pleads for support and calls for citizens to ‘make noise’ in video from his residence

Gabon’s junta named General Brice Oligui Nguema as transition leader, soldiers said on national television on Wednesday. The announcement came hours after President Ali Bongo appeared in a video and called on his "friends" to "make noise" after military officers in the Central African state staged a coup attempt. Read…

Television announcement comes shortly after incumbent Ali Bongo is declared president for a third term.

Reporters Without Borders also denounced the fact that foreign media was largely restricted from covering the vote.

Gabon has come under fire for cutting internet access and restricting media broadcasts during the weekend's elections. As vote counting continues, opposition leader Albert Ondo Ossa denounced "fraud" in his battle for the presidency against incumbent Ali Bongo Ondimba.

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