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all institutions to be dissolved now that you need is also announced. the constellation of sack today is election results. there is no information about the whereabouts of the president ali bone. the electoral commission says he won a said to him in office, and he said to have got nearly 65 percent of the vote. as soon as you have enough us best are often noting irresponsible, unpredictable governance, which results and it continues deterioration of social cohesion. the risks leading the country to close today, the 13th of august, 2023 in the name of the governor and his people we. the committee of the transition of the restoration of institutions have decided to defend the peace putting an end to the regime in place. to this end, the general elections of august 26th, 2023. as well as the results or cancel, jones to the voters of the country are closed until further notice. all the

institutions of the republic are dissolved, got the government, the senate, the national assembly, the constitutional court. we call in the population for come and surrender to myself, and we are from our attachments to the respect of god bones commitments to the international community. is it a well the public, a bonus, situated on the western shows of central africa, the country has been run by one family for more than 55 years. a mob uncle and dean by was only the 2nd president of cabal and he came to power in 1967. following the death of president nia, die. and he remain that until his death in 2009 ali bone go on to invest succeeded . his father was been re elected as president in august of 2016. he has so fos, of 270 a times on a wednesday was announced that he had won a said to him following sat today's election. a good bone is the 4th largest oil

produced in sub saharan africa. the country is a full member of opec. while we have our correspondence covering the story for us, catherine, so it is in the ruby we have an interest in naomi initially. let's begin with nicholas hack. who isn't that offer us that you've covered central and western africa extensively. you've been speaking to people in the bones. well, no. can you tell us about the events of this morning of what we're hearing, that the president of the constitutional courts, who had confirmed the election or the election results of, of the bone go, has fled. the country right now on the streets of, of the capital, the police have removed themselves. there are soldiers on the streets patrolling, but most importantly, they are crowds gathering, holding signs, saying a bonus, free good bone is liberated. there is a sense of joy after days of repressed anger over these elections. now we had

spoken to some people ahead of the election and during the election and they were just too scared to talk. the internet was down in the country. remember, this was an election where the, there was no international observers there and the internet was just brought back up. as soon as this announcement was made by members of the armed forces in the early morning. and, and so there's a sense from the people that we spoke to, a freedom of freedom of being able to express themselves. and they're telling us that during these elections, they saw a fraud on a massive scale from one neighborhood to another. they saw members of the armed forces taking out ballad boxes and offering money in exchange of votes. and there was a real sense that bone goes. power was illegitimate among many people in gabon and what added fuel to the fire and this situation where people are so angry with

it, with the phone goes regime as they saw him in his family, enriching themselves well. people got poor. this is the country that richard in oil and has had a privilege relationship or a special relationship, as the french government describes it between paris and you believe in this former french colony that switching over a well a france has been using the oil to use it for its energy resources. and it's interesting to note that enable, it means you have a french military base, but there is about 700 soldiers in pauses on today, which is the one of the, the 2nd largest city. there's also a french military base and we haven't heard from them. they have been supporting the review in gabon for several decades yesterday. president amendment, in my call with speaking to all of it's a foreign ambassadors and was saying that they're there to protect democracy. the people in gabon and want to see what the reaction in paris as to what is happening

right now. there is no words from all the bunker itself or the people that has taken over a power. it seems. but what's interesting is that this announcement made on national television, which just minutes before these official results were announce, and though is that made those announcements result people wearing red berets which are members of the presidential guards, blackberries, the members of the infantry police civilians. it seems to be a coalition of armed forces that are saying that they're there to bring an end to bunk goes regime. marlene nicholas increasingly anti french sentiments in all the west african nations. b more nurtured late and is uh, is it a similar situation in the bone? so well, we've seen a series of crew within the region, most of lee in countries that are also former french colonies. but countries where

there is a security situation where our groups linked to all tied and ice so are involved now the, the west and the french have always said there was there to protect these countries . but the situation and get point, it's quite interesting because there is no threat of arms the this is the result of an institutional crisis, a crisis of trust in the way democracy has been played out since the independence from france. it's a wave of cruise in countries where people have lost the trust in the institutions that are the copy and paste version of the french constitution in these 4 french colonies, but also in their leaderships. then it, it seems from the people as i speak to nga bone that they're just fed up with the way their country is run. they feel like they're being robbed of their future. and remember, there was a high unemployment rate in these countries. think about 40 percent of the population. don't have a job in

a country. that is one of the biggest oil exporters in africa. so that was our issue is that their leadership, their politicians that have had the protection of friends that former colonial power have failed to address. and that's what we're seeing right now. this wave of anti french sentiments, this wave of anger towards these aging politicians or heads of states that do not represent the interest of young people that want to find jobs and want to ringing in control of their sovereignty. and that's what you have so much longer. i was there in 2017 when there was the last presidential election in gabon. and there was a real sense of frustration. i remember when the results were being right out and in certain regions and the outcome of the results was of 99.9 percent votes for all the bond go now for many that's just that's just not realistic. and

they, they felt that the government was taking them for a ride, and there was also a sense that from the presidential palace where both you had next to the presidential policy of the french military base. but you also have the national television station where everything was controlled by a few people in this country of 2000000 people that lives in poverty. and that's why you're seeing so much anger. and i can tell you here in the car, which is also a former french calling you, but also not because in other regions, they're watching carefully what's happening in gabon. it is a real threat of institution. it was, we see this ways of discontent towards how democracy is being played out in the region. mostly in former french colonies. this happens very interesting to get you perspective that we can now tend to address who joins us now live from the army, which is a capital of news. yeah. with just last month we sold the ministry also take over power. could you see a head? so is this a case of another crew in frank concern, africa? is there a pass?

and imagine here is this more of an institutional crisis. i think it's both uh, basically. yeah. and is, yeah, like we saw in malia and breaking up fossil the on different sentiments as high talk to people on the streets. they will tell you that they've been robbed of the future because of alliance between the government officials and the french. and that has continued for a very long time, they fight up, and they want a new system. but it's also popular because of the institution of failures because of the decades, says, democrats, this is a democracies return to the west central africa. we've seen how lead us off to you to listen to the voice of the people. and so as a result, we, so a crisis for one crisis of to another economic crisis, political crisis and security challenges across that region. and these leaders

while acting as if nothing has gone wrong. so basically people are fed and tied about the conduct of these people. but again, they also see countries like photos as enabling that environment, so as to get cheap resources out of africa. and these are the only the french that is being accused of that. several other countries are being accused of the people here, which it up to this news about a quote in uh, in um, in double a basically they are saying that if we did this and double and he is doing that, who knows which public and country either in the sale or, and so i will follow suit. so they believe which some people we spoke to political and others believe that it's a trend that just emerging in africa. and basically unless leaders in the region sit up and listen to the voice of the people. busy then suddenly we will have on, if it every corner has. okay, and that address that for us in naomi. and we can go now to nairobi where we can

speak to catherine. so a correspondent face the catherine you are actually supposed to go to gamble and for this very presidential election, which seems to be at the center of all this, but you were unable to receive any accreditation. give us your perspective on what happened. yes. and we have been talking to the people in the board of throughout the election to the con, pays and the voting as well. and many of them was saying that they're not confident that the election will be free all staff. and this is because the electoral commission, i introduced some changes to the a procedure all the election. and you know, we, you talks about the, the election of the, the international election of the websites from

covering and, you know, observing the selection. we know that international donnelly slide myself, well, also a one, not a credit said because of this reason. so people say that this seems to be as soon as stuff a more to, to all this that was going on. and we also hired during the campaigns, the president himself, during he's a fast last campaign. he said that said there are people who are trying to over through the government and we have been hearing of from moving parties. officials what very, very, um not, not, and we really, they are be very um they, they were uncomfortable, uncomfortable about this. so you unity um opposition of that

opposition and those one candidate it hadn't happened before. so some official was very uncomfortable about that. no, we covered the election in 2016 where it was. 7 it was disputed and then all positions visa and john ping, he said that the election was rig that was posted election violence. several people were killed, a menu was injured. so people there um say does that, that the election was read. john team won that election at that time, and people from the us started feeling very this one told and the just wanted change and this is happening this time as well. thank you for that. catherine story

in nairobi. i've been speaking to lionel, a cmo who's a research analyst at the ask for a barometer. he says the pool living conditions in kimball and made the crew inevitable my understanding of visitors and he's got to do was to repeat that when you look at the results being gone. so like 90 percent of the people and the question where the country was going to run the issue on the phone, the ash and 90 percent of the country was going on that mission. you also think distribution. look at the question on the congress economic government economy condition into present the people say that say that the country was the got this country, the collision was very bad than most so in terms of what just well, just up. and so when think on the we've got new connections, 80 percent of the people say that they're the results and they have to be trusted in the country. so that is distressing. and i'm not in this industry the whole

because people are very frustrated for us looking at the way we kind of fed sort of well or using the country and also look at the lack of access to business social services. they've got between the majority in the majority, in the countries on all the residents and things which are job related to this address. are we seeing now of all the world has been reacting to the crew in good bones. the french prime minister, elizabeth born has said that from skip on this phone, the colonial ruler was following the situation closely. china is quoting for the safety of president bung the to be guaranteed by the crew leaders on the ears. foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, has expressed concern for the stupidity of the whole region often yet, and know that mid a treat to escape to natasha butler,

who is live in powers for us. natasha, being talking about the historical connection between from and gone to for through what reaction we can expect also from what's her father's been very little political reaction, but you did mention what we have heard say fall, which is that the french foreign minister elizabeth for and has said so tyrese's watching the situation in naperville very closely and look, that is no surprise considering the wealth of french interest in capital and not only a military base with a few 100 soldiers, but also a number of major french country companies, multi nationals, including a total energies and error message, major french mining companies, they have actually put out the statements saying that because of the situation they have suspended operations is a 9th now relations historically between

a devil and installed really have become something of a symbol of for all stuff like this relationship is network of alliances between powers and naperville, between the latest invoice country that is a paul to solve. this is clear you legacy, but a network of alliances and phases and it's that network that is given rise anti french sentiment. no, they didn't double and but also as make many people over the past decades question why from says in africa with growing voices here in from this a lot of fonts, his presence presence in africa is actually counter productive. okay, thank you for that. natasha butler, the for us in paris, tara aqona is the founder and executive director of africa, risk consulting, and she says, wells friends has vested interest and good bone. it is unlikely that the frenchmen retrieval intervene. i think what is very clear is that the domestic politics are extremely unpopular across west africa. and so,

but i do think this is opportunistic on the parts of the military offices following the military tubes that have taken place successfully. it has to be said in need. molly book, you know, falls to what charles neighboring countries and with to the leading military would have relations with it. it is yet another country that i was formerly a dictatorship and i live a live band bound guys fault that actually moved towards democracy and has had, you know, relatively successful and peaceful elections. but i think much more interesting is its position in relation to the front. uh because um, double is one of 14 countries that is very closely tied to france and it uses a french currency. it's a french back currency. in fact, to you, right about currency to see if a friend says you. so while you know a gap,

always use an important member of a peg. it's relations with, from our, i think much more critical to this, to in the past, from school having to be and with it to minute treat that to adulthood. all life at the frank same region. but fonts has modernized, it's a, it's policies to it's, you know, it's foreign policy towards africa and new to the lead to the form of frank cause in countries. and so with any intervene at the, into the in invitation of say, echo also, or any of the regional buddies that will the african union and to, you know, to write the constitutional load. uh, so i do think fonts will be intervening anytime soon. and of course, as we see a in it oil is, is, you know, we're moving into a sort of a post or era. and even though it's quite

a long way away. so i don't think it would have had the imperative that it would have in the past to him to be okay. let's speak to david all terry. he's director of the geneva center for africa, security and strategic studies. he joins us now from a bu jr. thank you so much time fee so much for your time, sir. so what do you make fuss if the timing of this crew, how closely would you link it to the other army lead carries we're seeing in the region as well. i think, you know, the queen the bone, i had a very to the science of company. and of course i remember that we had a similar what's in the, in 2019, when the cookies. i got to the president what's being capacity to failed. and when will be the nature of the election stuff that happened on the 206 of logos uh, in the sense that the constitution had been changed to not allow people to sort of

different political parties of the presentation and put them into level um, you know, that was a key sign that there was, so was these to comment unless you've already said a couple weeks what we seen the media republic monday. couple in the book in the past. so i'm getting, i mean be specifically assign. that's any kind of you just could be taking advantage of uh by maybe multiple coast of power and have going see behind. so i mean, what we see here being factors that relations seem to try when and just these is perceived that to present within the sub for my friends, we're seeing people out on the streets celebry saying clearly supporting this too. but what do you think is going to happen next? how successful is the ministry going to be in, in, in going forward as well. the tasks that we've seen recently have a, you know,

kind of a trademark, a festival, the, the military with the amount studies taking over the most. what's the cost of the additional space? would you please of course bring it to give that security agencies. then of course, the would be solved about probably, i mean these are the constitution and then they would move to what's constitution, which is getting the corporation to support. what we've seen in the case of cup on is that the government has limited internet cost it down and issued some of the coffee use for people to stay at home. but the ministry has a lifted match. and what if allowed people to do is to come to the street, the leasing people celebrating. and they just want to be in the tellico signs that the ministry seems to be having some support of some of the population, which of course, you know, is it playbook of what we seen in easier funding and all that strange format pulling the stuff up recently um, you know, i succeeded in covering the course,

but i have to stress that we as to within that 12 and 24 hour window and the web i think is very, very quickly. yeah. but without knowing that indeed, that's a very good point of the other point really is we haven't had much reaction from other african countries, namely the african union, east, west and so on. i mean, they have good costs, pay a crucial role in what happens next. how do you expect them to react? i mean, the government is the most because i'd be a member of the east, the central africa community, which is a cost economy company to extend that up and stays on the ship board. that's of course we've some big majority needs, come around, but there's also the out. so you can go. so what i would expect you to see. i had 0 some very strong integration. i mean, i'm loved and that's look you to ministry dimension. but within the 1st 12 to 24 hours, what i'm expected to see,

and i said the same thing when it happens to be here for me, is that you would see some kind of was done by fools you shit, the you know, to come to the rescue of the democratic process, but as long as we don't have many of those elements, the invitation or central, that's good for me. perhaps the ministry would make sure that because of the, the spell out. and the next thing that we do here is strong combinations. but that won't change anything, because of course, um, you know, the may not already in power. and, you know, the question now least honestly squeeze next on this nice. let's talk about the french connection fronds in the past has helped stop ministry cruise, at least when it came to the past. what sort of reaction can we expect from, from, in this case as well? a couple of the see very strong, the lands uh to be the phrase republic. no, of course. um uh you know,

friends as mutual that the dyna fields but the bose is maintained at least a country that has been ruled up by the google somebody since 1960 several of course be the 1st bobo, the grandfather of whom i believe so, you know, it was part of the defendants have mentioned 60 um, so perhaps, you know, friends with cds as a for the us top own, it's pulling their screen boat in the continent. they would see these have some kind of a assignment that you know front is having a free full in the west african region, but also it's moving towards the central and so they would be looking at these very closely. i don't think the french and want to intervene minutes really because of course it could tend to be a disaster. so what, because we do have these to condemn and you know what, we need to steal the tipping money and what kind of questions must be resolved. i think differential overwhelmed, and i didn't see them surviving any folder. and i think they spoke to you to

restart the dice and see how you can re engage. we'd be a former communities, maybe we didn't go outside of whichever way is best for the french. and david, it, it appears that we, uh, we've seen a similar past him here before. i mean, this is another smooth pull country rich in resources a, but his now shed a similar state to lots of other african countries where the wealth is mostly concentrated in the hands of a few how, how, how do we change this narrative in africa? i think the way to change the rates change basically she will grow a couple of these very reach, you know, but again, there is now that just in case, you know, for sources, i mean you come to depend on north river. we know it happened way to send me news or public which exploits which makes put so many rows of like ridge,

meaningful in front of 2 friends of by the french. i think the way to change the really nice to come up with what, what the temple intensive democratic institutions, if we called in, for example, situations where the government in power would have to have the limited attends of all fees where they change the rules of the game, half way. i mean, i remember that in this particular election to own the because the tissue and the electoral commission, not me to play that in order for you to vote for the presidency. one puts a, you must, a good for will be put on main street apartment tendency, none of the, the same parts, which of course, you know, was a clear way of them. but i mean, they seem to be at the ultimate, with the 2 to 3 quality can party. so the 2 piece, if we allow, you know, some kind of be just these to people. web i be, i'm some government that costs these democracy. i no longer independent then what

we would see is that maybe we go and, you know, we'll take over, you know, from menu which is about a pretty good to get you perspective. david, also your director of geneva sense of africa, security and strategic studies. speaking to us that from a boot, john, thank you. thank you. i the still ahead on al jazeera algeria proposes a 6 month transition to civilian role in this. yeah, the hello good to see. we've been talking about record winter hits in western australia . now south australia has answered its capital adelaide seen it's warm is winter, day, and 14 years you've got up to 26.4, but big changes now with a southerly wind. it's really lower the to.