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Gabon’s new strongman Oligui was greeted by the Congo’s Prime minister upon arrival at Ollombo International Airport. The visiting junta leader then met with President Denis Sassou Nguesso. Oligui said his visit was aimed at improving the ties and easing Gabon’s international isolation following the coup
Gabon’s new strongman Oligui was greeted by the Congo’s Prime minister upon arrival at Ollombo International Airport. The visiting junta leader then met with President Denis Sassou Nguesso. Oligui said his visit was aimed at improving the ties and easing Gabon’s international isolation following the coup.
The talks were held near Oyo, in central Congo. Gabon was suspended from the African Union and the Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS) after the change of government.
ECCAS has also ordered the immediate transfer of its headquarters from Gabon’s Libreville to the Equatorial Guinea capital Malabo. The Congo president did not address reporters after the talks, but his Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso hailed Oligui as a man of humility and reconciliation.
Gabon’s transitional president, who ousted the leader of the central African country at the end of August, received a show of support from the neighbouring Republic of Congo after he met his counterpart, aiming to improve relations and ease Gabon’s isolation. General Brice Oligui Nguema overthrew Ali Bongo Ondimba, 64, who had ruled Gabon since 2009, moments after he was proclaimed the winner in a presidential election in late August.
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The election result was branded a fraud by the opposition and the military coup leaders, who had also accused his regime of widespread corruption and bad governance. Under the presidency of Ali Bongo, relations between Gabon and neighbouring Congo were notoriously tense. The visit marked the second overseas trip by Oligui, who was sworn in last month as Gabon’s interim president. Many in Gabon saw Ali Bongo’s overthrow as an act of liberation rather than a military coup and that it was treated differently from the coups taking place in other countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
