Gabon
Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba is "under house arrest" surrounded by his family and doctors, and one of his sons has been arrested, notably for "high treason", the military behind a coup d'état announced on Wednesday morning.
"President Ali Bongo is being kept under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors", according to a statement read out on state television by the military of the Comité de Transition et de Restauration des Institutions (CTRI).
Noureddin Bongo Valentin, son and close adviser to the head of state, Ian Ghislain Ngoulou, Mr. Bongo's chief of staff, Mohamed Ali Saliou, his deputy chief of staff, Abdul Hosseini, another presidential adviser, Jessye Ella Ekogha, special adviser and presidential spokesman, as well as the number one and two members of Mr. Bongo's all-powerful Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) "are under arrest".
Bongo "have been arrested", continued the army colonel, who had read out a communiqué during the night announcing that the military were "putting an end to the regime".
They have been arrested for "high treason against the institutions of the State, massive misappropriation of public funds, organized international financial embezzlement, forgery, falsification of the signature of the President of the Republic, active corruption and drug trafficking", he added.
Go to video
UK allocates additional £100 million to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda
11:08
Africa's response to COP28 challenges and economic dynamics
01:14
Former Sierra Leonean president called in for questioning over Nov. 26 failed coup
Go to video
Sierra Leone: 18 members of security forces buried
Go to video
Kenya to send 1,500 workers to Israel amid farm labour shortage
01:13
Mauritania and Chad pave the way for the dissolution of the G5 Sahel anti-jihadist alliance