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Gabon's new military leader has started to give amnesty to dissidents and has met central Africa's mediator for the country, following last week's coup that brought the curtain down on the 55-year reign of the Bongo dynasty.

The recent military intervention that put an end to the Bongo family’s 56-year hold on power in Gabon has been many years in the making.

Gabon’s prime minister, Ali Bongo, has become the latest in a string of African leaders to be ousted by a military coup in recent years. Bongo, who had just won a third term in power, was ousted by a junta of senior officers who have named General Brice Oligui Nguema…

Ossa said the military takeover was ‘a palace revolution, not a coup’ staged to keep the Bongo family in power in Gabon.

The African Union's Peace and Security Council said Thursday it had decided to "immediately suspend" Gabon following a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo. The decision came as the junta that took power announced it would respect Gabon’s commitments at home and abroad in a bid to reassure the international…

A high-ranked military official, Gabon coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema served the ruling Bongo family for decades and was in charge of the elite security unit, the presidential guard.

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who was named Gabon's new leader in the hours following a military takeover on Wednesday, served the central African country's long-time former president Omar Bongo before turning on his son, ousted leader Ali Bongo.

Gabon’s junta has named coup chief General Brice Oligui Nguema, head of the presidential Republican Guard, as the country’s interim leader. The move comes after soldiers deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba after he was declared the winner of national elections.

People seen celebrating in Libreville amid resentment against upstaged 55-year-long dynastic rule