Gabon's new strongman meets regional envoy, opposition chief

LIBREVILLE: Gabon's new strongman on Tuesday (Sep 5) met central Africa's mediator for the country and started to amnesty dissidents following a coup last week that brought the curtain down on the 55-year Bongo dynasty. State TV said General Brice Oligui Nguema met the Central African Republic's presi

LIBREVILLE: Gabon's new strongman on Tuesday met central Africa's mediator for the country and started to amnesty dissidents following a coup last week that brought the curtain down on the 55-year Bongo dynasty.

The oil-rich state joins Mali, Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Niger among African countries that have undergone coups in the last three years - a trend that has sounded alarm bells in the continent and beyond. In a speech, he promised to hold"free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule, but he did not give a timeframe.

Oligui also met late Monday with Albert Ondo Ossa, the main opposition candidate in elections that precipitated the coup, Ondo Ossa's spokesman said on Tuesday.

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