Gabon Catholic leaders hope for better conditions following coup

Gabon Catholic leaders hope for better conditions following coup General Brice Oligui Nguema is sworn-in as Gabon’s interim president during a September 4 ceremony in Libreville, the nation’s capital. Photo: OSV News/Reuters

Fredrick Nzwili Two weeks after the military seized power in Gabon, a Catholic priest there said ordinary people feel more secure and hopeful, even as some analysts warn of a “contagious coup pandemic” in the former French colonies in West and Central Africa. On September 4, General Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as the…

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