Breaking: Another coup in Africa as Gabonese military officers claim they have taken power

Gabonese military officers have cancelled election results and dissolved state institutions, claiming they have taken power, local media reported on Wednesday.

The African country’s borders are closed until further notice, said the reports, adding gunfire was heard in the capital, Libreville.

The officers said that the general election was not credible, and the results were annulled.

Prior to the incident, Gabon’s national electoral body said that President Ali Bongo Ondimba from the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party was re-elected for a third term in Saturday’s election.

Supreme News reports that Niger, Burkina Faso, and other West African countries have been toppled by Military coups in the last 4 years.

Others are Chad (since April 2021), Guinea (since September 2021), Mali (since August 2020), and Sudan (since October 2021).