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30 August, 2023

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Gabon’s deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba has solicited help, hours after he was put under house arrest by members of his presidential guard in an ongoing coup attempt.

Bongo, who confirmed his arrest in a video, called on calls on citizens to “make noise” after the coup attempt. He said he was in the presidential palace but his wife and children were elsewhere in the video.

The coup leaders said his family and his doctors were with him in his home. They did not give any details about his health.

Appearing on state-run television, the officers who orchestrated the coup said the election results were cancelled, all borders closed until further notice and state institutions dissolved.

The state institutions they declared dissolved included the government, the senate, the national assembly, the constitutional court and the election body.

Watch video here