The ouster of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo this week has put his neighbours in an awkward position. Mr Bongo, 64, was deposed by his military on Wednesday, moments after his re-election victory was declared by the local electoral commission.
But even as it is condemned by world leaders, the popularity of the coup among civilians has sent shock waves across the region in a neighbourhood where leaders have cumulatively been in power for more than 100 years, the longest average on the continent.
