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Gabon coup leader sworn in as interim president
1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon coup leader sworn in as interim president

Firstpost  

Dressed in the red ceremonial costume of the Republican Guard, Oligui also swore to ‘preserve the achievements of democracy’, at the ceremony held before judges of the Constitutional Court General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon’s 55-year-old dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising to hold “free… transparent elections” …

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Gabon’s military leader is sworn in as head of state after last week’s coup
1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon’s military leader is sworn in as head of state after last week’s coup

LA Times  

Gabon’s new military leader was sworn in as head of state Monday less than a week after ousting the president, whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades. Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema took the oath in the presidential palace in front of a packed, boisterous room of government officials, military and local leaders in …

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Gabon coup leader Nguema sworn in as transitional head of state
1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon coup leader Nguema sworn in as transitional head of state

Al Jazeera  

Nguema took the oath in the presidential palace in Gabon’s capital Libreville and promised credible elections. Gabon’s new military leader was sworn in as the head of state on Monday, less than a week after ousting the president whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades. General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema took the oath in …

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Who is Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim leader?
1 year, 3 months ago

Who is Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim leader?

Al Jazeera  

Minutes after Gabon’s electoral commission announced on Wednesday that President Ali Bongo Ondimba had won a third term in office, senior military officers announced a coup and annulled the election results. According to local media reports, Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, the commander-in-chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard – the country’s most powerful security unit – and a cousin to Bongo, …

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