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The African Union announced the suspension with immediate effect of Gabon, where soldiers overthrew President Ali Bongo Ondimba. AU strongly condemned the takeover of power by the military in the Republic of Gabon, a statement said.
The organization’s Peace and Security Council decided to immediately suspend Gabon’s participation in all activities of the AU, its organs, and institutions, the statement issued by the AU added. The meeting was chaired by the Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union, the Nigerian Bankole Adeoye, and the current holder of the rotating presidency of the council, the Burundian Willy Nyamitwe.
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Earlier, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, strongly condemned what he described as the attempted coup in the oil-rich central African country Gabon. which had been run for over 55 years by the Bongo family. The military junta, who took the powers unto them said that they had put an end to the regime in place in Gabon and had placed President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power for 14 years, under house arrest. It had happened just after the official announcement of his victory in the presidential election held recently. Moussa Faki Mahamat also called on the Gabonese army and security forces to guarantee the physical integrity of Ali Bongo Ondimba.
In the meantime, Gabon’s coup appears to have given the country’s main opposition party some room for hope. After warmly thanking the army for having stood up against an electoral coup, it called on the military to complete the counting of ballots from last weekend’s general elections. It claimed the results would show opposition leader Ondo Ossa’s victory in the vote.
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The army seized power in Gabon just hours after now-ousted President Ali Bongo was announced as the winner of the presidential poll, claiming the results were rigged. These gave Ossa 30.77 percent of the vote against 64.27 percent for Bongo. After taking over, the military annulled the elections and dissolved all institutions.
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Meanwhile, General Brice Oligui Nguema, who overthrew Ali Bongo Ondimba, will be sworn in as transitional president before the Constitutional Court on Monday, September 4. The country’s new strongman, who overthrew the barely re-elected President Ali Bongo Ondimba by accusing his camp of rigging the presidential election results, also announced the gradual establishment of transitional institutions and promised that the country would respect all its external and internal commitments.
