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.

  • 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.