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Gabon’s military government freed President Ali Bongo from house arrest, a week after overthrowing him in a bloodless coup.
The deposed president is free to seek medical treatment abroad if he wishes, a junta spokesman said on state television in the capital, Libreville, on Wednesday.
His release comes two days after coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as transitional president.
Bongo, 64, was shown on television meeting United Nations special envoy Abdou Abary.

It was the first time he’s been seen since August 30, when he issued an appeal hours after being placed under house arrest in a video message urging his supporters to “make noise” about the unfolding events in the Central African nation.
The putsch in the former French colony is the ninth in sub-Saharan Africa in the past three years, and follows a coup in Niger last month.
Gabon’s leader thought he could resist Africa’s coup wave
The military takeover drew condemnation from the US, Nigeria, France and the African Union, and raised concerns of a spillover to other African countries with high political risk.
Bongo was first elected president in 2009, four months after the death of his father, Omar Bongo, who had held power since 1967.
He was overthrown last week hours after he was declared the winner of a highly-disputed election that was widely condemned as rigged, in which he secured a third seven-year term.
The ruling family’s grip on power has come under pressure in recent years. Soldiers launched a failed coup in 2019, months after Bongo suffered a stroke that sidelined him for almost a year.


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Gabon junta frees deposed president Ali Bongo from house arrest

Deposed president Ali Bongo was shown on television meeting with UN special envoy Abdou Abary (unseen). Photo: AFP

 Coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as transitional president this week. Photo: EPA-EFE

Gabon coup leader Brice Oligui Nguema sworn in as interim president, promises ‘free, transparent elections’

General Brice Oligui Nguema looks on as he is inaugurated as Gabon’s interim President. Photo: AFP

General Brice Oligui Nguema is sworn in as interim president in Libreville, Gabon. Photo: Reuters

Ali Bongo Ondimba was ousted as president of Gabon in a coup last week. Photo: dpa

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It’s wait and see for China as a military coup in Gabon leaves its economic interests there up in the air. Photo: Reuters

Soldiers hold transitional president General Brice Oligui Nguema up in celebration after a military coup brought an end to the Bongo dynasty in the Central African country. Photo: Gabon24 via AP

A torn campaign billboard of ousted Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba. The leader is under house arrest after a military junta seized power in the tiny African nation. Photo: AFP

African Union suspends Gabon after coup as junta prepares to swear in new president

A defaced billboard of ousted Gabon president Ali Bongo in Libreville. Photo: AFP

General Brice Oligui Nguema will be sworn in as president on Monday. Photo: AFP

Gabon’s deposed president Ali Bongo is being held at an undisclosed location. Photo: video obtained by Reuters 

People celebrate on the streets of Akanda, Gabon, after the military coup. Photo: EPA-EFE

Gabon’s wealthy, dynastic leader Ali Bongo thought he could resist Africa’s trend of coups

‘’I don’t know what’s going on’: Gabon’s deposed president Ali Bongo has been placed under house arrest. Photo: AFP

A defaced billboard of Gabon President Ali Bongo in Libreville, Gabon. Photo: AP

Military officers in oil-producing Gabon announcing they had seized power on Wednesday. Photo: Gabon 24 via AFP

Ali Bongo is one of Africa’s richest heads of state. File photo: AFP

People celebrate on the streets of Akanda, Gabon, after Wednesday’s military coup. Photo: EPA-EFE

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Gabon’s ousted president is free to seek medical treatment abroad, junta says
Ali Bongo had been under house arrest since the military coup of August 30


Gabon’s former president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a putsch on August 30, is free to leave the country and travel abroad, a junta spokesman said.


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Gabon junta frees deposed president Ali Bongo from house arrest

Gabon’s ousted president is free to seek medical treatment abroad, junta says Ali Bongo had been under house arrest since the military coup of August 30

Gabon’s ousted president is free to seek medical treatment abroad, junta says

Ali Bongo had been under house arrest since the military coup of August 30