Coup d’etat: the African Union “suspends” Gabon with immediate effect

It was in a press release published Thursday, August 31, 2023, that the continental organization announced the suspension of this Central African country.

The African Union (AU) announced Thursday, August 31 the suspension with immediate effect of Gabon, of all activities of its organs and institutions. A decision which follows the announcement on Wednesday of the putschist soldiers to have put an “end to the regime in place” in Gabon and to have placed President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power for 14 years, under house arrest, just after the official announcement. of his presidential victory. The continental organization “strongly condemns the seizure of power by the military in the Republic of Gabon”. It should be noted that already on Wednesday, the chairman of the African Union commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, had “firmly” condemned what he described as “the attempted coup” in Gabon.