US halts foreign assistance to Gabon after August 30 coup
Al JazeeraThe United States is pausing certain foreign assistance programmes to the government of Gabon following last month’s coup, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement released by the Department of State on Tuesday. The pause would continue while “ evaluate the unconstitutional intervention by members of the country’s military”, Blinken said, adding that the move is in line with steps taken by the Economic Community of Central African States and the African Union. A 24-month transition to elections in Gabon would be “reasonable” after last month’s coup, the military-appointed Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima was quoted as saying by French news agency AFP earlier this month. The Bongo family’s dynastic rule in the Central African oil producer had created widespread discontent, with critics saying the Bongos did little to share Gabon’s wealth with its 2.3 million people.
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