From house arrest, Gabon President Bongo calls on his friends around world to 'make noise'

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A video from an anonymous source shows Gabon's deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, calling on his "friends all over the world to make noise" while under house arrest following a coup.
Transcript
00:00 I'm Ali Bongo, Ongimba, President of Gabon.
00:04 And I'm to send a message to all the friends
00:08 that we have all over the world,
00:10 to tell them to make noise, to make noise.
00:13 For the people here have arrested me and my family.
00:18 My son is somewhere, my wife is in another place,
00:23 and I'm at the residence.
00:25 Right now, I'm in the residence,
00:30 and nothing happening, nothing is happening.
00:35 I don't know what's going on.
00:36 So I'm calling you to make noise, to make noise,
00:41 to make noise, really.
00:45 I'm thanking you.
00:46 Thank you.

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