Gabon’s deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, calling on “his friends around the world to make some noise” while under house arrest. – Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on August 30, 2023 they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor. Bongo, 64, whose family has ruled Gabon for over 55 years, was placed under house arrest and one of his sons arrested for treason, the coup leaders said.

When the government of Niger Republic fell into the hands of the military like Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, while the elite including African leaders and international organisations condemned the coup plotters, many people across Africa projected more coups to take place in other African countries.

A good number of people, though not necessarily celebrating coups, described the uprising as a revolution sweeping across Africa for her liberation.