LIBREVILLE, Aug 31, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Leaders of the coup in Gabon on Wednesday named a general transitional president after seizing power on Wednesday following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled for 55 years, had been declared winner. Bongo, 64, who took over from his father Omar in 2009, was placed under house arrest and one of his sons arrested for treason, the coup leaders said. - Arrests -TV images showed the head of the Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema, being carried triumphantly by hundreds of soldiers, to cries of "Oligui president". The coup leaders later named Oligui Nguema "transitional president", according to a TV statement. Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu said he was in contact with other African leaders over the "contagious autocracy we have seen spread across our continent".

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha August 31, 2023 05:38 UTC