Gabon: Military Announce "Catering Council" on National Radio apparent coup attempt!

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Gabon: des militaires annoncent un «conseil de la restauration» à la radio nationale - RFI
Gabon army seizes national radio station in apparent coup attempt
Publié le 07-01-2019 Modifié le 07-01-2019 à 07:34
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Around four o'clock this morning, soldiers took control of the antenna on the Gabonese National Radio to read a statement in which they announced wanting to set up in the coming hours a "national council of the restoration". Gabonese President Ali Bongo is currently recovering in Morocco after suffering a stroke in late October.

Soldiers arrived at National Radio around 4 am local time. It was a Lieutenant of the Republican Guard, Lieutenant Ondo Obiang Kelly, who read the communique. The signal of Gabonese radio is now cut off, tells us our correspondent.

Listen to this excerpt from the release of the military putschists read on Gabonese national radio.

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