A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, minutes after the state election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term.

A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, minutes after the state election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term.

    • Aussiemandeus
      1·
      10 months ago

      Wagner moving their forces there, coupled with the irony of humanity beginning in Africa and ending in Africa.

          • ripcord@kbin.social
            1·
            10 months ago

            There’s an incredible amount of other context around that event that led to war. Very little of that is present now. The similarities are very very small.

      • xNIBx@kbin.socialOP
        1·
        10 months ago

        Wagner stop moving forces there and Belarus is actually taking down the tents. They thought that Putin would keep paying Wagner while they were in Belarus, but the were wrong. Also Wagner is basically a non entity by this point.