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Bolivia's dismissed army commander Juan Jose Zuniga is arrested after commanding a coup attempt against President Luis Arce. Zuniga was captured and taken to a police vehicle outside a military barracks. "You are under arrest my general!" says Vice Minister Jhonny Aguilera. IMAGES
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
Police in Ecuador arrest 68 suspected members of a criminal group that tried to take control of a hospital in a town in Guayas (southwest), as the country wages a war on drugs with thousands of military personnel deployed. 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
At the Presidential Palace in Libreville, guests gather for the swearing in of General Brice Oligui Nguema as 'transitional president'. Oligui, the head of the elite Republican Guard, led officers in a military coup against President Ali Bongo Ondimba, moments after he was proclaimed victor in last month's presidential election- a result branded a fraud by the opposition. IMAGES
Photos of crowd cheering as soldiers pass by in the Gabonese capital Libreville, hours after military officers announced overturning the government in Gabon, in an apparent coup targeting President Ali Bongo Ondimba who has been in power for 14 years and whose re-election had been just announced. IMAGES
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