Gabon Coup Leader to Be Sworn in as ‘Transitional President’
General Brice Oligui Nguema, the head of the elite Republican Guard, led officers in a military coup on Wednesday against President Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that had ruled for more than five decades. The ousting came just moments after Bongo, 64, was proclaimed victor in last month’s presidential election — a result…