Soldiers announced on national TV they were taking power in Gabon and declared the cancellation of the elections after the announcement of Ali Bongo Ondimba's victory.
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00:00 A group of mutinous army commanders have announced they have overturned the results of the weekend's
00:06 presidential election that gave Ali Bongo on Dimba a third term as head of state. On
00:12 national TV they said they were putting an end to the regime in place in Gabon. The whereabouts
00:17 of the president remain unclear. He's been in power since 2009 after taking over from
00:22 his father, who ruled the African country for more than four decades. After voting over
00:28 the weekend, the election commission announced Bongo as the winner with more than 64% of
00:33 the vote. Within minutes there were reports of gunfire in the streets of the capital,
00:37 Libreville. An attempted coup after the previous election in 2019 was quickly put down.
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