South Africa’s post-election DRC stance disappoints Western powers and human rights groups
South Africa’s appealed for calm in post-election Democratic Republic of Congo and urged the people of that country to show patience and wait for official publication of results of the poll eight days ago. The statement will please fellow United Nations Security Council members Russia and China but disappoint the Western members and human rights […]
South Africa being dragged into Congo’s election imbroglio
Human Rights Watch says South Africa must exert maximum diplomatic pressure on the Congolese government to publish real results of the December 30 Presidential election. Head of the country’s electoral commission, known as CENI says the country must be patient because he doesn’t know when those results will be made known. The report by Human […]
Soldiers take over radio station in Gabon in attempted coup
Soldiers in Gabon have staged an apparent coup early, seizing the state radio station and declaring their dissatisfaction with President Ali Bongo, who is recovering from a stroke in Morocco. The coup leader says a New Year’s eve address by Bongo reinforced doubts about the president’s ability to continue to carry out of the responsibilities […]
Gabon government says it has crushed a coup attempt
Gabon’s government says an attempted coup d’etat has been thwarted. Five rebel soldiers who took over the radio station this morning have been arrested. The generals, civil society members and opposition figures they listed as their supporters are being investigated. Gabon’s government spokesman Guy-Bertrand Mapangou says everything is under control in Libreville. The coup bid, […]