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Coup in Gabon: Ali Bongo the eighth west African leader to be ousted by military in two years

By Folahanmi Aina, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute

Gabon’s prime minister, Ali Bongo, has become the latest in a string of African leaders to be ousted by a military coup in recent years. Bongo, who had just won a third term in power, was ousted by a junta of senior officers who have named General Brice Oligui Nguema – the former head of the presidential guard and Bongo’s cousin – as the country’s new “interim president”.

The coup in Gabon is the eighth…

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