If successful, Gabon's coup would be the eighth to occur in West and Central Africa since 2020.
ousted the West African nation's democratically elected government. Both Niger and Gabon have close ties to France, their former colonizer.
Speaking to reporters in Paris on Wednesday, a French government spokesperson condemned the coup attempt in Gabon and said the government was following the situation closely. Gabon, home to more than 2 million people, is located on the western coast of Central Africa, sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and the Republic of Congo. The country is a member of OPEC, with a production of 181,000 barrels of crude per day.
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