https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/obamas-man-africa-under-house-arrest-popular-coup-rocks-gabon
"Obama's Man In Africa" Under House Arrest After Popular Coup Rocked Gabon
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by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Sep 02, 2023 - 02:20 AM
Authored by Max Blumenthal via The Gray Zone,
Before his removal in a military coup, Gabon’s hopelessly corrupt President Ali Bongo was courted by Obama and feted from Washington to Davos. The US war on Libya which destabilized the region may not have succeeded without him.
When a military junta arrested President Ali Bongo Ondimba on August 30, Gabon became the ninth African nation to depose its government through a military coup. As citizens of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali did before them, crowds of Gabonese poured into the streets to celebrate the removal of a Western-backed leader whose family flaunted its lavish lifestyle while more than a third of the country’s population languished in destitution.