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Gabon Military coup

September 3 , 2023 321 days 344 0
  • Military officers of Central African nation Gabon announced that they have taken power "on behalf of the Gabonese people".
  • President Ali Bongo currently remains under house arrest.
  • He had won a third term in recent election.
  • The nation has little more than 2 million people.
  • France occupied Gabon in 1885.
  • In 1910, Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa.
  • On 15 July 1960, Gabon gained independence from France.
  • It is located on the Atlantic Ocean, and borders Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of Congo.

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