Gabon president under house arrest: coup leaders on state TV
In a statement broadcast on state television, military officers announce that Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba has been put under house arrest.
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00:00 He is known to the national and international community
00:07 that Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba is kept in a guarded residence.
00:14 He is surrounded by his family and his doctors.
00:18 Gabonese people, it is finally our turn to the happiness
00:25 that God and the hands of our ancestors bless Gabon.
00:31 Honor and loyalty to the homeland, I thank you.
00:36 [BLANK_AUDIO]