Gabon Coup Leader Nguema Sworn-in As Interim President

The Leader of the coup d’état in Gabon, General, Brice Oligui Nguema, has been sworn-in as the country’s interim President.

Nguema, head of the elite Republican Guard, led officers in a coup on Wednesday against President Ali Bongo Ondimba, ending the dynasty from that had ruled since 1967.

The Gabonese General who took oath of Office, a ceremony held before judges of the Constitutional Court, swore to “preserve the achievements of democracy.

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“I swear before God and the Gabonese people to faithfully preserve the republican regime,” said Nguema.

He also pledged to hold “free… (and) transparent elections” after a transition period which he did not specify, and to amnesty “prisoners of conscience.”