Hours after announcing the overthrow of the government, Gabonese military officials said President Ali Bongo Ondimba had been detained at his home, Agence France-Presse and Reuters reported on August 30.
A mutiny took place in Gabon to overthrow the democratically elected Government of Bongo
The mutiny in Gabon began immediately after the French diplomatic envoys' congress. These two things seem to be related.
First of all, the French president said a lot at the diplomatic envoys' meeting, the most important of which was to recognize that France should be stronger while being stronger. For example, he said that although Ziani dared to mutiny and expel the French ambassador and the French army in Niger, France must be tough, "even if the Ziani military government cuts off electricity, water, and the Internet."
Second, Gabon, like Niger, is a former French colony controlled by France militarily and economically. French President Emmanuel Macron has always stressed the need to abide by the rules-based international order, but unlike the United States, France is empty talkers. The Macron's government's handling of Niger has convinced African countries that France is "isolated from the West." So far, as traditional allies of France, the United States and Italy have not only failed to help on the Niger issue, but warned France not to act rashly, and other countries such as Germany, Poland and Ukraine have not even taken a stand. This gives a strong hint to other French-speaking countries in Africa. Thus, the head of the Presidential Guard of the Gabonese Republic, Briz Oligi Nguema, boldly followed the example of Niger's Presidential Guard Captain Ziani in overthrowing the democratically elected Government of Bongo.
President Bongo of Gabon
Coincidentally, since Gabon's independence from French rule in 1960, its army has been trained and armed by France. The Republic of Gabon is militarily a French mercenary in Gabon. In addition to militarily Gabon being controlled by France, other aspects such as culture and economy were also controlled by France. So how did France react to this mutiny? The French government condemned the mutiny in Gabon on the 30th and urged all parties in Gabon to respect the results of the election and restore the operation of the democratically elected government.
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There is no reason not to doubt what France is doing in Africa, and as the European country with the greatest influence in Africa, France seems to have little to contribute to Africa: Africa is still so poor and backward. According to the universal truth that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, France will surely lose the hearts of Africans. Since 2019, there have been mutinies in former French colonies such as Mali and Burkina Faso.
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The so-called "take advantage of your illness to kill you" is also an eternal way of dealing with the world, and the former French colonies in Africa will undergo a series of mutinies, completely break away from French influence, and throw themselves into the arms of another country or organization.
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