
Gabon coup foiled
Gabonese Government arrests five officials who stormed a radio station in coup attempt
Gabonese officials dressed in military uniforms stormed the studios of a radio station in Libreville early on Monday, declaring President Ali Bongo unfit to govern and announcing a "National Council of Restoration". The coup attempt has since been foiled, and the government's officials have arrested five men in relation to the events.
Our Africa Security correspondent goes on a patrolling mission embedded to Dutch troops from the MINUSMA mission in Mali.
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