Military coup mobilized 2 countries

The world’s oldest leader, Cameroonian President Paul Biya, 90, who has been in office for 41 years, has made new appointments to defense ministry and army personnel.

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On the other hand, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who has been in the presidency for almost 20 years and plans to run again in 2024, has recalled many senior military officials.

The two leaders, who have been in power for many years, were said to have tried to take steps to prevent a similar situation in their own countries after the coup in Gabon.

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In Gabon, a Central African country, a group of soldiers, who entered the national television building early yesterday morning, announced that they had taken over the administration.

The military administration called the “Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI)” announced that the elections held on August 26 were canceled and the country’s borders closed.

It was reported that the commander of the Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema, was taken to the CTRI address.

The current President Ali Bongo Ondimba won the presidential elections held on August 26 for the third time.

A curfew was imposed alleging that “violence” was practiced in the last hours of the electoral process in the country, and the Internet was restricted while the post-election vote counting process continued.

Father Omar Bongo was first elected president in 1967, and when he died in 2009, his son Ali Bongo took his seat. The Bongo family ruled Gabon for 56 years. (AA)