now, commander brice oligui nguema is part of the presidential guard.they are protective of the president. in gabon, that has been more like a personal guard to protect the dictator. so the regular army in gabon has no power, no parliament that would allow it to serve as a republican army. in a sense the guard of bongo has usually been perceived as complicit, protected by the regime. so even a commander who has been accused by the government being behind some of the repression that has gone on the bongo regime, but today we do believe despite all that, their ability to now question the bongo regime themselves and to decide to take over opens up new possibilities for gabon. the reaction of the people has been in general positive because they are very happy that for once the bongo family has been at least disabled to the point of opening up the possibility of perhaps later on democracy for gabon. i would say if we have to lead to a simple conclusion, we do have to believe this is a rare opportunity for the gabonese people to engage in national dialogue th

and as i said, general oligui is a very well—known actor of the system.een the two. general oligui being out of the country, but then he came back in the country and regained his position of trust. just briefl , i regained his position of trust. just briefly, i apologise for interrupting, we only have a little time left, but many will find these seems reminiscent of what has happened in niger and other parts of west africa. are there any similarities to be drawn here what is now happening in gabon? i think this is what — is now happening in gabon? i think this is what the _ is now happening in gabon? i think this is what the opinions _ is now happening in gabon? i think this is what the opinions seem - is now happening in gabon? i think this is what the opinions seem to l this is what the opinions seem to think, but there is no immediate similarities. in the case of niger, it was at the elected president in office who was overthrown by the army. although still confused, following the announcement of the results of the controversial general election, and a

and as i said, general oligui is a very well known actor of the system.en some distances between the too, general oligui being affected out of the country, but then he get back in the country and regain this position of trust. the duke of sussex has described his emotional "unravelling" after he returned from military service in afghanistan in 2013. in a netflix documentary series about the invictus games, prince harry says he found the deployment triggering, bringing to the surface the trauma of losing his mother, princess diana, at the age of 12. let's hear some of what he had to say: look, i can only speak from my personal experience. my tour of afghanistan in 2012 flying apaches. somewhere after that, there was an unravelling. the trigger to me was actually returning from afghanistan, but the stuff that was coming up was from the age of... ..from 1997, from the age of 12. losing my mum at such a young age. i spoke earlier to kevin porter, a hypnotherapist and coach and author of a book, the diary of an 18—year—old at war. it of a book, the diary of an

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his name is brice oligui nguema, and he heads the republican guard in gabon. that was in charge of ensuring the protection of president bongo just before they deposed him. so he was one of the most powerful men in the gabonese army. he was in a position of privilege. he was in charge of security. he beefed up the republican guard when he was appointed not too long ago. increased the number of personnel that was there. made sure that they were better trained. and many people would have seen him as an intrinsic part of the bongo kind of power apparatus. but it seems that he was at the forefront of the army generals that decided to overtake the country after this weekend's elections, which were disputed by the opposition, which the army has now also said they think were fraudulent. a lot of international observers weren't allowed then. journalists weren't allowed in. so it's really hard to find out how clear they were. but this is a family that has been in power for over 50 years. this coup has been condemned by france, by the united states and by the african uni