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The Gabonese presidency has dismissed rumours that the ailing president, Ali Bongo, has been replaced by a clone. Bongo, who is currently recovering in Morocco, has only returned to Gabon twice since he became ill in 2018 whiles on an official

President Ali Bongo returned to Gabon on Monday after a three-month medical leave during which a coup attempt was thwarted, two government sources told Reuters. His return comes a week after a small military group took over the state radio station.

Reports coming Gabon indicates that the officers behind an apparent coup attempt on early Monday morning have been arrested. Led by one Lieutenant Kelly Ondo Obiang who led a takeover of the national radio, the soldiers said they had taken over

Military officers in Gabon have seized the national radio station calling for the need for national restoration, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday. The soldiers also condemned the New Year speech delivered by President Ali Bongo Ondimba stating that they