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Added on the 07/09/2023 10:36:18 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Gabon's President Ali Bongo votes in municipal and legislative elections, boycotted by opposition leader Jean Ping, who still claims to be president-elect two years after the presidential election. IMAGES
People line the streets of Gabon's capital Libreville waiting for the military parade marking the first anniversary of the 30 August 2023 coup that ended 55 years of the Bongo family rule. IMAGES
Uruguay's former president Jose Mujica arrives with his wife, Lucia Topolansky, at La Moneda Palace in Santiago, as Chile commemorates the 50th anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet against socialist President Salvador Allende. IMAGES
General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who overthrew Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that had ruled the oil-rich central African nation since 1967, is sworn in as interim president in Gabon. Taking the oath of office, he promised "free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe. IMAGES
Images of the residence of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in Bamako, where the former president is said to have returned on Wednesday night after being freed by the military of the ruling junta in Mali. IMAGES
President Ali Bongo of Gabon makes his first live appearance in public nearly 10 months afer suffering a stroke, attending ceremonies in the capital Libreville. IMAGES