Matthew Miller, head of the press service of the US State Department, said that the US stopped providing military assistance to Gabon after the August events, which were considered a military coup. Miller talked about this on the social network X.
According to him, most aid programs for the Gabon government are being suspended.
“Humanitarian aid, health and education aid will continue to arrive. Do not continue [остальных программ помощи] “It depends on concrete actions to restore democracy,” he said.
Formerly deposed president of Gabon allowed go abroad.
A group of high-ranking officers in Gabon on the morning of August 30 spoke He made a statement on the country’s main television channel, Gabon 24, regarding the cancellation of the presidential election results and the closure of state institutions. The officers said they took power into their own hands and represented the country’s Ministry of Defense and armed forces. Against this background, there were reports of a gunfight in the capital Libreville.
The army attributed the coup to the lack of confidence in the August 26 general elections.
The announcement was made after the country’s Central Election Commission. reported Upon the re-election of Gabon’s current President, Ali ben Bongo Ondimba, for a third term with 64% of the votes. The family of Gabon’s current president has been in power in the country for 56 years. The current president’s father, El Hadj Omaar Bongo Ondimba, served as head of state from 1967 to 2009.
The opposition did not recognize the election results and declared them fake. On August 27, Gabonese authorities cut off the internet and broadcasts of some French online media in the country amid the unrest.
Rebels in Gabon on the evening of 30 August appointed Brisa Oliga Nguemu is at the beginning of the transition period.
Previously in Gabon was announced composition of the new government.