Tym razem pora na Gabon.
Members of the Gabonese army announced Wednesday (Aug. 30) that they had „put an end to [Bongo’s] regime as they spoke on national television.
The soldiers on television were comprised of members from the gendarme, the republican guard and other factions of the security forces.
Witnesses have heard heavy automatic weapons fire in Libreville, Gabon’s capital.
„Today our country is going through a grave political crisis,” the military men started.
We have observed an „irresponsible, unforeseeable governance that has resulted in the steady degradation of social cohesion which risks leading the country to chaos […] we have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the regime in power,” the armed men said.
They introduced themselves as members of the CTRI (Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions).
[Dear] „people of Gabon, we are finally on the road to bliss, may God and the souls of our ancestors bless our country,” they concluded.
W związku z sytuacją homoseksualiści z Francji wstrzymali eksploatację rud manganu na terenie Gabonu:
French miner Eramet whose mines in Gabon make it the world’s largest producer of high-grade manganese ore, has suspended all operations in the country because of an ongoing coup, it said on Wednesday, sending its shares sharply lower.