World Sep 04 Gabon’s military leader is sworn in as head of state less than a week after coup By Sam Mednick, Yves Laurent Goma, Associated Press
Politics Aug 31 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing amid coup in Gabon The ouster of Gabon's president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population's grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power, analysts said. By Sam Mednick, Associated Press
World Aug 31 Gabon election a ‘smokescreen’ for soldiers planning ouster of unpopular president, experts say Analysts say the ouster of Gabon's president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population's grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power. By Sam Mednick, Associated Press
World Aug 30 Gabon’s president deposed in coup, republican guard chief appointed as head of state Mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced late Wednesday that the head of the country’s elite republican guard would lead the Central African country, hours after saying they had placed the country’s newly re-elected president under house arrest. By Yves Laurent, Sam Mednick, Associated Press