Gabon junta head reaches out to DRC for re-integration after coup
President Felix Tshisekedi (L) listens as Gabon's junta leader (R) speaks to journalists after their meeting in Kinshasa, DRC on October 12, 2023. PHOTO | DRC PRESIDENCY
Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi on Thursday held a meeting with the Gabonese junta leader General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema who is lobbying for support from regional neighbouring countries.
Nguema, whose military overthrew former head of state Ali Bongo on August 30, came to seek Tshisekedi's support for his country's reintegration into regional organisations, starting with the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), of which Gabon held the rotating chair at the time of the coup.
