The Central African regional bloc ECCAS has suspended Gabon, until constitutional order there is restored.
Hours earlier, Gabon’s coup leader was sworn in as the interim president.
General Brice Oligui Nguema pledged free elections and a referendum on a new constitution – but with no clear timeline about when he plans to give up power.
Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports.
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Congratulations for the second liberation
Another 55 years to transition power.😂. Why not let the election winner be the government? If Bongo accepted defeat…they will be the government anyway. So transitional leader makes no sense. Besides…it is the same family…bongo overthrown by his cousin (former beneficiary of old regime).
Well said. They’ve made mockery of the whole system..
Finally! Someone who understands reality!
@Moha M.france planned this Coup before the real anti-france Patriot Soldiers had a chance to strike 😢😢
But you still need a transition to those elections, new parties being formed, and institutions that were merely serving the Bongo Family for half a Century , like the Election Commission, the Police and the judiciary,, most of which have been receiving millions of dollars from the Bongo Dynasty, being reformed and rehabilitated! Unless you just want a semblance of Election, where the ruling Class is being re-elected!
Another sellout
Keeping it in the family.
Transition, elections, real democracy etc it all sounds well, but as we all know the reality is mostly different from all the fine words
Good point. It doesn’t matter the process, it’s the results that matter “the most”
Why is he not giving power to the rightfully winner of the election?
This new leader i hope he will be good we will not whish the past like other Africans country I hope will not come bake bongo dynasty long live Gabon long live Africa
To be he looks dodgy from the start
How intelligent do u need to be to see what is happening. Can’t u see it’s the same peoples? Same corrupted people. Same white people seating in the audience same journalists. U think if France wasn’t behind it u think the reporters would be easy on Gabon?
@TreBoRlooks very very evil actually
This French approved coup is simply a preemptive measure against growing anti French sentiment in “Francophone ” Africa.
Even this general his athief😂😂😂 why didn’t give to a civilian…all these are african thugs with personal goals
Military coups never end well. Colonial powers will always use Africa as a chessboard.
SAY NO TO MILITARY RULE
Well done mr president Gabon and as France out from Gabon country
Another degenerate encouraging racial hatred….
Unpopular opinion: EU’s Global Gateway Initiative intended to take advantage of France’s influence in Africa to establish more or less Colonization 2.0.
President is only a title for leader’s that were chosen by the people
It appears that France did not like the opposition winner in the election but they had a dilemma, Bongo was not in good health, he lost the election miserably; so what to do with the growing anti France sentiment?
1- does France let Bongo stay in power and risk the revolution from the people?
2- Do away with the “figure” Bongo, swap him with another ally but give the illusion of a coup.
3- France chose the latter option. When it came down to her interests, Bongo has to go.
@aberbathis guy is more evil than bongo, Gabonese should start crying 😢😢
@Bonga Motau How do you know him Motau, I did not know that you are intimately involved with the Affairs of the small Francophone country!
Ali BONGO was useless from the france, Morocco and others big fish’s. They planned this really good to make people believe was a coup bs.the general and BONGO family are tight.where is all the money the BONGO family stole from Gabon .Ali and his family going to exlie.the general gonna be a puppets now.
@Bonga Motauanother puppets replaced another puppets
@Jake Manzini just look at his face
Aren’t you going to restore democracy for this one, France? Why is it exclusive to Niger only?
This coup was planned by France …this isnt a genuine coup for the people
Coups never are for the people. And what is your proof for that claim
He is supposed to be a “transitional leader😅😅😅
Good luck with that. What is it with uniforms stuff?
Lucky to have the French to blame for all Africa’s woes. Africans… Time to work… Dancing and singing does not feed many mouths
The dancing and singing French musicians who appropriate black culture exported via the “New World” will beg to differ: that dancing and singing do not feed mouths.
Bunch of stupid monkeys!
So it is obvious it is France that inspired this coup to save face in Africa.
Western journalists 😂😂😂,,that he walks as if elected by the people 😂😂😂😂
The “West” appears to be in a dilemma: “Western” nations are *happy* that Brice Oligui orchestrated a coup but do not necessarily want him to stay in power if they can help it.
Abo bafele bona
*FINALLY:* Al Jazeera has come clean *2:13* and confirmed what I had strongly suspected all along: France *endorses* one *coup* [Gabonese] while *complaining* about another [Nigerien]. *It exposes the lie that the extractive “West” promotes “democracy.”*
This guy smells like bullshit, seriously, the Gabonese people will be very lucky if this guy doesn’t end up being another corrupt despot
Gabon coup is acceptable by Ecowas and French colonisers but Niger coup is Evils 😈was condemn by colonisers French and AGENTS of Darkness called Ecowas…
We dont accept either
Gabon is doomed. Another Western puppet
This move is from bad to worst, what to expect unexperienced president body guard to rule country? Death and destruction will soon follow.
this transition will have to be carefully managed because new elections will no doubt take at least 10 years. During this time the General will selflessly rule for the people with no thought of putting the nations money in his newly opened swiss bank account setting up the miiltary to run the country, getting rid of outspoken pesky and inconvenient opposition, entrench corruption or organise their grift streams
after all this is the first time this has ever happened in Africa
Celebrate today, cry tommorrow. No good ever came from military rule
france planned this Coup before the real anti-france Patriot Soldiers had a chance to strike
If i was Gabonese ,looking at his face theres nothing i would be excited about
Looks like another mobutu in the making 😢
Sure, got any proof for that?
@s H go check france24 theyre praising him
But were admonishing the Niger coup few days back
We ll done but don’t be Hungry for be there for Change to be remembered in your life do for the interest of the country not for the political power wish you better Ruling terms leave a mark don’t be like father and his son
Good❤
this new dictator looks awesome, he is for sure better than the previous one
So a dictator is good because he looks fancy.
Nice political education
I think it was sarcasm@s H
Idc if the leader is a dictator. Can they dispense of their duties effectively and to the benefit of the people?
@Morgue12free
He isn’t elected, he’s strutting around in military uniforms, and he isn’t going to take dissent.
Think this is going to work out?
i pray for unity,the Cause and foundations of the coup is Italy and France Paris, America Napolitano,Napoli,Taranto,Torino,sardinia,Rome
Hopefully he is not a western toy capable of betraying the Africans forgetting the tragic history of his brothers.
No He will just be another dictstor, looting his country and his people to enrich himself and the elite class.
Just like every other dictator
This was too easy, very fishy ion like it, I don’t sumn gon’ change
The next ditador
The most certain… Maybe not…. Let’s see.
Is Ali Bongo is still under house arrest in the Presidential Palace? Is new one sharing the Presidential Palace with Bongo?
The difference between Gabon and others is like day and night. Celebrations with national flags, without looting and destruction, people happy and hopeful for a better life, without propaganda encouraging hate. Now it’s time to see if the new president has a good ❤ and really wants to do the best possible for the country. I hope everything goes well and puts an end to installed corruption and works for the people.
Gabon’s rich people were poorer and would continue to be the same if they went to cast news and elected the winning candidate. We have seen several African countries chosen elected leaders fail to deliver service to people. In two-term no great achievement. The Western democratic system is for stealing and getting rich. African copy styles too! From the masters in the West.
So?
You act like the multitudes of other coups there didnt also have throngs of equally deluded people thinking this was going to “make life better for them” too.
@MW Mobile you can go see images of other “Coups” and they have burning cars, looting stores, Russian flags, hatred/racism again foreigners (French) In Gabon we didn’t see any of that. From what he saw, people were brilliantly happy. In Niger you have 90% who don’t care (I’ll still go to jail or worse if I say something that goes against the new leader) and 10% who are happy preaching extreme right/left. And another had a family as a caregiver for 50 more years and another had a legitimate president elected by the population. And one more got involved as interim president and another as absolute president Do you think it’s the same? GABON FOREVER
Keep deluding yourself. This is nothing but France orchestrated change of power to satisfy the yawning of the people for change. Isn’t it interesting that the new military head of state is a cousin of the dethroned president? It’s simply called ‘soft landing”. The bongos are still in charge, let no one fool you. This is nothing but a family staged fake coup.
This was fabricated by the big fish’s and the Bong family,to removed Ali BONGO from the office, he was useless from the west and others snakes. The general his cousin to ALI BONGO. Where all stolen money the BONGO family stole from Gabon.if you know you know
Bongo family replaced with a cousin from.. the bongo family.. 😂
All family members do not like each other Einstein?
These African leaders shorley like those uniforms ?? So fancy lots of metals on them. Yet the people starving no food to eat. Ridiculous
Gabon’s State coffers to finance politics in France, then they say Africa is poor, I really hope African young generations understand that they can kick these thieves out of our continent and we do not need them, they need us more
France not saying anything. Do they recognize him.
Why Niger 🇳🇪
How can we be sure that this is not another money pocketing corrupt African president who will stack up piles of cash for himself while African citizens suffer? Without imposing the death penalty for money pocketing corrupt African leaders there will be no development.
it was pre-planned country is still bongo ruled
The most important thing is that people are happy with this development.
No it isnt.
The important thing is when they are all going to realize that they just traded one crooked leader for another.
@MW Mobile How do you know?
@brian mwiinga Because unlike Africans, I actually read the history of your nations.
@MW Mobile What’s your take on a Gaddafi and Sankara?
If he’s the cousin of the former president I’m very disappointed in this movement. And if France readily accepted him as an “ally” , we know what that means. Very disappointing to say the least.
TRUE. I’m very disappointed too.countries in Africa colonized by France are just backwards in thinking. Instead of then to drive France out like niger. They are busy playing friends with their worse enemy France.
Bongo issued an SOS in English, what does that mean? I suspect it is actually France that overthrew Bongo and have now installed his cousin. Bongo had stated in an interview that France’s concessions must be renegotiated, and had joined the Anglophone/Commonwealth. Vive la France!
European colonial powers still stuck a blood of Africa.
This is just a facade. It changes nothing if the French are not being sent away. Wish you the best of the next 50 years.
But in the end the other nations will reconized they are legal procedures vote by there own people?if the coup from his cousin just the same no big difference
May GOD bless Africa
Smokescreen actually to declaring long term President?
Can this guy at least smile ??? 🤣
I love this honestly
*I’m sure this interim puppet can’t wait to organise free and fair elections.*
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He should surprise us and spend no more than 24 months in power putting in place a better democratic constitution
24 years….maybe.
Make some noise 😅😅😅
Another round of dictatorship. History repeating itself again. Good luck.
…..oh lets Bongo in the jungle …..well that’s alright by me yeahhh😊
How real is this coup? Traore be vigilant.
Enough For French
Dictator most go
What shame @aljazeera this is fake reporting your so biased you reported so negatively unlike the oy and happiness we are seeing on the streets of Gabon i wish you reported the same when Bongo was mistreating and mismanaging the country.
LOL! So yet another African general that leads a coup, and installs himself (with no elections) as a “transitional president”, that “promises free elections soon” and a NEW constitution?
Yeah, any clueless rubes here wanna act like this guy is going to be going anywhere in the next 30 years? The minute he gets a taste of the high life, he and his minions won’t be going anywhere!
La même chanson qui fait danser la foule
He is a corup General. This is different from Niger.
It was staged coup 😂
Compare to ibrahim traore or assimi goita, i dont trust him. He was too close og the bongo family. Maybe its just a betrayal in bongo clan and not a gabonese revolution..
Freaking ironically hypocritical. They did use force. They also disregarded democracy.
Who was the Gabon ruling family
It’s not a coup! Y’all need to stop, we’ve been freed 🇬🇦
It’s revolution,🎉🎊
We were tired of Ali bongo. He squandered the country’s wealth for his own benefits.
The first coup “revolution” that i stand with
You can be funny 😂😂 Gabon its transition president 🤣🤣 Niger coup plotters 🤣🤣🤣 useless
just a little confuse there are white people in the crown. aren’t they French ? they seem to be celebrating it. if they are with the new general then what does that make them then? seem a little odd if you ask me i know the Gabon want to keep Africa .. as it as before without influence of the west or any white people in the party ? am i wrong or right ?
*Gabon, Guinea, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Myanmar.*
under Military government.
Which former French colony will have a coup next and kick out the French? Lets guess….
Hes looking like another Price Charles in the making. Wonder if we will see him in the many Bongo cars strutting his stuff or will the people finally get something in return for all the corruption thats made the President so rich….& the people poor
Western countries must stop supporting fake elections in Africa.
THE GABON COUP LEADER MUST HAND OVER TO CIVIL RULE *Immediately* IF HE IS NOT CORRUPT JUST AS HIS BOSS HE OVERTHREW.
LOOK FOLKS MILITARY GOVERNMENT ARE WORSE IN CORRUPTION THAN ANY CIVILIAN CAN BE. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I AM A MILITARY MAN AND ALSO SAW HOW JJ RAWLINGS OF GHANA 🇬🇭 USED HIS MILITIA TO CREATE THE CULTURE OF SILENCE, AND THE REASON MILITARY GOVT WILL EVENTUALLY BE CORRUPT IS THAT THEY HAVE RIFFLES 🔫 🔫 🔫 TO SILENCE ALL CRITICS. AFRICA 🌍 IS GOING BACK TO DARK AGES AT THE SAME TIME IT IS REFRESHING TO SHOW RED CARD TO ALL PRESIDENTS FOR LIFE AS IN UGANDA 🇺🇬, ERITREA 🇪🇷 EVEN RWANDA 🇷🇼, ETC. FREEDOM OF THE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE A NEW LEADER IS GOD’S GIVEN RIGHT ✅️ AND THAT MUST PREVAIL. SAY NO TO PRESIDENTS FOR LIFE OR 3RD TERM THE YOUTH OF AFRICA. GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND 8 🌍
well this will be interesting. congrats on throwing out the french, because they’re sh** toxic people but also if the africans could run themselves they would have done it long ago. but best of luck. we will see 10 yrs from now how its going. Not sure what france is goingto do in 2023 for exploits…haha.
True hypocrites all of these media . this coup is clearly sponsored by France, the sympathetic comments to this junta has been noted.
Good for them!
Replacing a wolf with afox
I hope 🤞🏿!
The west is not making noise because the power is still in the same family, real coup might follow soon after in Gabon
Appaently a feuding older sister of Ali may have orchestrated this move to have the cousin selected as the new puppet, to go against her brother. Deeper into family politics.
Is he from Gabon?
Bye bye Ali bongo👋👋🙌 😀👍
🤦🏾♂️
What about the opposition which the election.
This French approved coup is simply a preemptive measure against growing anti French sentiment in “Francophone ” Africa.
Shouldn’t be branded a populist coup like in Mali, Burkina Faso & Niger.
I don’t trust him
He looks weak. Another tool of the Frogs?
DECOLONIZE AFRICA!
FREEDOM!
But it’s a coup. Say NO to all communist japanese too
What happened to the listening post?