Gabon finds Itself in a Dilema after Coup ends Rule by same Family
Gabon, a country in West Africa rich in oil, was until recently ruled by the same family, the Bongo Dynasty. Ali Bongo Ondimba son and successor to the late President Omar Bongo was about to have won his third term as the President of the Republic by a 60.27 % of votes cast when on Wednesday a group of mutinous soldiers appeared on state TV saying they had seized power in the capital Libreville ending the fifty-six year rule of the Bongo family.1 They had cancelled the election results “putting an end to the current regime”.2 The coup declaration came within hours of the announcement of Ali Bongo’s unpopular victory at the polls.3 Bongo’s main challenger Albert Ondo Ossa, got 30.77 % of the vote.4
He was the presidential candidate at the helm of a coalition of parties.5 Ondo Ossa had de...