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(FILES) President-elect Ali Bongo Ondimba son of Gabon's late strong-arm leader, is sworn-in at the National Assembly on October 16, 2009 in Libreville nearly two months after his hotly disputed presidential election victory. A group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television on August 30, 2023 announcing they were "putting an end to the current regime" and scrapping official election results that had handed another term to veteran President Ali Bongo Ondimba. During the announcement, AFP journalists heard gunfire ring out in the Gabonese capital, Libreville. (Photo by WILS YANICK MANIENGUI / AFP)
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is under house arrest and one of his sons has been arrested for "treason", military officers said Wednesday, hours after announcing they had overthrown the government.
"President Ali Bongo is under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors," they said in a statement read out on state TV.
