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Meet Brice Oligui Nguema: Gabon’s military president

Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, commander-in-chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard, the country’s most powerful security unit, has emerged as leader of the military junta that ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba on August 30, 2023. The swift shift from electoral results to military intervention saw Nguema, a cousin of Bongo, leading …

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