What you need to know as military coup is ongoing in Gabon following controversial elections held on Saturday to elect a leader, the elections returned disputed after the electoral body announced incumbent President Ali Bongo as winning a third term.
BBC reports that gunshots are being heard across the capital, Libreville and the whereabouts of the president remains unknown.
• The coup in Gabon becomes the seventh coup in Africa since 2019.
• The country has been ruled by a father and son since 1967.
• They seized power in the central African country because elections held over the weekend were not credible.
• President Ali Bongo has ruled Gabon since 2009.
• His father, former President Omar Bongo ruled Gabon from 1967 to 2009.
