#Gabon Post Election Coup Attempt

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muted wigeon
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Hello everyone this is for the declared seize of power by senior gabonese military officers after president Ali Bongo won his third term

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Gabon Post Election Coup Attempt

quartz grotto
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Thanks for creating a post for it, currently looking for any evidence that confirms the reports of shootings in Libreville

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mint sandal
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Didn’t anticipate a coup

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I’ll share some news later; busy at work huhuhu

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There's been quite a bit of anti-France/Western messages since the coup. This is a situation alike Niger in the sense that the demoted party was friendly to France and the West, providing resources (uranium and cocoa especially) and France having a military presence, but the difference that this was effectively a family rule and the elections clearly a hoax and freedoms actively repressed. It will be interesting to see international reactions to it

mint sandal
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I’m displeased with coups automatically denounced. Guinea for instance— Alpha Condé was disrespectful of human rights. In 2021 he was deposed, and those who condemned the putsch were Western countries as well as Russia and China.

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It was a reaction different from Malian coup (from the latter two), because Condé became a partner and was abandoned by France.

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I don’t know if Western countries will have the same reaction as Condé’s ouster.

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Will move to #chit-chat for discussion on Guinea

quartz grotto
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Yup, will reply to that there, let's focus here regarding Gabon (:

muted wigeon
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Translation gathered from Project Owl (https://discordapp.com/channels/518979695702704132/746882311156662283/1146308511786082304 )

"On this day, August 30th, 2023, we, the united Defense and Security Forces within the Committee for Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI) and on behalf of the Gabonese people and as guarantors of institutional protection, have decided to safeguard peace by ending the current regime. Accordingly, the general elections of August 26th, 2023, along with the manipulated results, are hereby nullified. Borders are closed until further notice. All Republican institutions, including the Government, the Senate, the National Assembly, the Constitutional Court, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, and the Gabonese Election Council, are dissolved. We urge the population, the communities of sister nations residing in Gabon, as well as Gabonese in the diaspora, to remain calm and serene. We reaffirm our commitment to upholding Gabon's obligations to the national and international community. Gabonese people, this marks our journey towards prosperity at last. May God and the spirits of our ancestors bless Gabon. Honor and loyalty to the homeland. Thank you."

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plucky matrix
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seems that there is some popular support in Libreville

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vocal smelt
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Airspace remains open however, there's currently a plane flying over Gabon (Flight Kinshasa-Lagos)

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plucky matrix
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Need to see what are China's investments in Gabon

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mint sandal
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Huh? Respect the results that were put into question?

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Such naïveté

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vivid heron
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That's interesting : there is no russian flag visible.

quartz grotto
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There weren't in Niger either until they started showing up

mint sandal
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I’m waiting for the reactions of the likes of Jean Ping and Albert Ondo Ossa

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What I just dislike with the coup is that it went first without popular mobilisation.

cyan basalt
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i think that's fair

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and.. yeah, from my limited perspective i see why they'd have cause to want to remove this guy

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enough that i'm not going to immediately condemn this

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# mint sandal General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema declared interim president https://camero...

He said that he's not yet declaring himself as head of state, it's an ongoing debate https://vxtwitter.com/brazzanews/status/1696912161472151922

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#Gabon🇬🇦: Les premiers mots du nouveau homme du Gabon , Brice Oligui Nguema : « je ne me déclare pas encore comme le chef de l’état gabonais, je n’envisage rien pour l’instant. C’est un débat que nous allons avoir avec l’ensemble des généraux. Nous allons nous retrouver à 14…

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The contagion has been in Africa since the Cold War

warped plover
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From the same thread, but putting it here separately as this one is not about the Bongos but one of the coup heads, Nguema https://twitter.com/EmmanFre/status/1696918503775744240

Emmanuel Freudenthal (@EmmanFre)

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The head of the #Gabon coup, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, bought three property in Maryland in 2015 and 2018.

Total cost: over US$1 million, paid without mortgage.

He stills owns them.

Our 2020 story published @OCCRP with @Kzalan @Roshanakt

https://t.co/jpNVZqqHU5

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# warped plover In case someone is interested in this https://twitter.com/EmmanFre/status/169687...

https://www.liberation.fr/international/afrique/gabon-les-luxueuses-adresses-mal-acquises-du-clan-bongo-a-paris-20230830_TADQFR4UH5HSDFOMILQVRPFV5M/

Libération
Gabon : la carte des luxueuses adresses «mal acquises» du clan Bong...

«Libé» a cartographié les hôtels particuliers et les somptueux appartements acquis par la dynastie. Les juges français estiment qu’ils sont le fruit de l’argent de la corruption menée au Gabon par les compagnies pétrolières.

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mint sandal
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That sounds a relief
The reactions I got are:
UNSG: condemn
Ondo Ossa: no comment until situation evolves

https://apnews.com/article/gabon-mutiny-elections-power-a61d03963f75ae93ba85a4ba7eec3c71

AP News
Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the pr...

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon have proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader after placing the newly re-elected president under house arrest and alleging massive embezzlement under his long-time rule over the oil-rich nation.

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# quartz grotto https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gabon-opposition-calls-pressure-junta-hand-...

The headline however differed from the report in this article, where Alternance 2023 thanks the army against an “electoral coup” by Ali Bongo and wishes the former recognise Ondo Ossa as winner

https://www.barrons.com/news/gabon-opposition-urges-coup-leaders-to-recognise-it-won-election-e1f0a26e

Gabon Opposition Urges Coup Leaders To Recognise It Won Election

Gabon's main opposition Thursday urged military leaders who have overthrown President Ali Bongo Ondimba to conclude the vote count from elections last weekend and acknowledge their candidate had won the disputed poll.

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UK: condemnation (https://www.barrons.com/news/britain-condemns-unconstitutional-military-coup-in-gabon-b65dd5c0)
USA: no direct condemnation (https://abcnews.go.com/International/gabon-coup-military-president-election/story?id=102672748)

Britain Condemns 'Unconstitutional' Military Coup In Gabon

Britain on Wednesday condemned the "unconstitutional" military coup in Gabon while acknowledging concerns over the recent election.

ABC News
Soldiers in Gabon declare coup after president wins reelection for ...

If successful, Gabon's coup would be the eighth to occur in West and Central Africa since 2020.

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