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<p dir="ltr">Soldiers appeared on Gabonese national television, announcing the cancellation of recent election results and the dissolution of “all the institutions of the republic”.</p><div class="D1XYxleO" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p dir="ltr">The apparent coup follows shortly after the national election authority’s announcement on Wednesday that Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba had been re-elected for a third term.</p><div class="QkkQssyN" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p dir="ltr">A soldier appearing on TV channel Gabon 24 said, “We have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime”.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Gunfire is reported in the Gabonese capital, Libreville, according to media reports.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Gabon’s political opposition branded the election a “fraud orchestrated by Ali Bongo and his supporters”.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Gabon’s army officers who claimed to have seized power say the country is “on the road to happiness”, adding that Libreville will respect its commitments “to the national and international community”.</p>
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“We call for calm and serenity from the public, the communities of sister countries settled in Gabon, and the Gabonese diaspora,” an officer reading a statement on state TV said.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“We reaffirm our commitment to respecting Gabon’s commitments to the national and international community,” he added.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Gabon’s borders have been closed indefinitely by soldiers who appeared to have seized power, as announced in a statement broadcast on the state-run Gabon 24 television channel.</p>
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“The borders are closed until further notice,” said one of the soldiers, speaking on behalf of a “Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions</p>
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