Gabon election a 'smokescreen' for soldiers planning ouster of unpopular president, experts say

Gabon election a 'smokescreen' for soldiers planning ouster of unpopular president, experts say

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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. Soldiers on Wednesday ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled the oil-rich…

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