WATCH BREAKING: Gabon soldiers announce cancellation of elections, dissolution of institutions on TV
A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on television in the early hours of Wednesday to announce the suspension of elections and the closing of borders shortly after the election commission said President Ali Bongo had won a third term.
Newsrael News Desk 30.08.2023
Appearing on the Gabon 24 television channel, the officers said they represented all the security and defense forces of the central African nation.
The soldiers said election results that gave the incumbent Bongo a victory were annulled, all borders were closed until further notice, and state institutions were dissolved.
Gabon voted Saturday in presidential, parliamentary, and legislative elections in which Bongo and Ondo Ossa led a race of 14 candidates vying for the top job.
Source - France24/X - Video source - Sarwar/X
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