Gabon Coup Leader Meets Regional Mediator

The newly sworn-in Military Leader in Gabon who seized power last week in a coup has met a mediator sent by countries in the Central African Region.

This comes a day after the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) suspended Gabon.

State TV gave no details of what took place in the meeting between General Brice Oligui Nguema and the President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

When he was sworn in on Monday, General Nguema promised to hold fair elections and to restore civilian rule but he gave no time scale.

The television gave no details of the talks, which came a day after ECCAS member Equatorial Guinea said Gabon had been suspended from the 11-nation group.

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ECCAS also ordered the immediate transfer of its headquarters from Gabon’s Libreville to the Equatorial Guinea capital of Malabo, the country’s vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, said on X, previously known as Twitter.

In addition to Gabon, Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea, ECCAS comprises Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe.

Oligui, head of the elite Republican Guard, was sworn in on Monday as the country’s interim president.

In a speech, he promised to hold “free, transparent and credible elections” to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe and vowed to amnesty political prisoners.