Gabon’s main opposition group, Alternance 2023, which says it is the rightful winner of the Aug. 26 election, has called on the international community to encourage the junta to hand power back to civilians.<\/p>\n
Members of Alternance 2023 met Nguema on Sunday for talks, a source in the alliance told Reuters, without sharing further details.<\/p>\n
Bongo remains under house arrest. He was elected in 2009, taking over from his late father who came to power in 1967. Opponents say the family did too little to share Gabon’s oil and mining wealth with the country’s 2.3 million people, Reuters<\/a> said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The leader of a coup that ousted Gabon’s President Ali Bongo will address the nation for the first time as interim president on Monday, September 4, 2023, after a swearing-in ceremony that would appear to […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,7],"tags":[],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-14750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n