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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.

And we find out what Zaga Zuga is about with a music collaboration between Sierra Leonian musician B.Son and Zimbabwean artist Phill do.

(Photo Credit: CGR New York)

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Mon 7 Jan 201915:06GMT

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