Gabon to Swear In Transitional President After OPEC Member Coup

09/01/2023 06:42
Gabon to Swear In Transitional President After OPEC Member Coup

Gabon will swear in General Brice Nguema as transitional president on Sept. 4, as the country’s junta decided to reestablish the Constitutional Court on a temporary basis.

  • Nguema asks ministries, state institutions to resume work
  • Gabon soldiers seized power in a coup early Wednesday

Soldiers Seize Power in African Nation of Gabon

Gabon will swear in General Brice Nguema as transitional president on Sept. 4, as the country’s junta decided to reestablish the Constitutional Court on a temporary basis.

The junta appointed the head of the republican guard as transitional president on Wednesday, hours after seizing power in the OPEC member. The process will lead to a gradual set-up of transitional institutions, a military spokesman said on state television in the capital, Libreville, on Thursday evening.

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