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Veteran journalist and managing editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., expressed his lack of surprise regarding the military takeover in the Central African nation of Gabon.
He noted that clear indications existed that the former President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was clinging to power.
Pratt Jnr. made these comments during a panel discussion on the Good Morning Ghana program on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.
He added that the coup in Gabon has received substantial support from the country’s citizens, who have grown weary of being governed by a single family.
“Who was not expecting a coup d’état in Gabon? I don’t know of one person who was not expecting a coup d’état in Gabon.
“As a matter of fact, if you look at the measures which were instituted by the government of Ali Bongo in the run-up to the election and after the elections, they all point to panic, severe panic.
“Everybody was expecting this coup d’état in Gabon for many reasons. One family has been in power for 53 long years. And that family has not been in power for 53 long years because it was loved by the people of Gabon; it has been in power because it imposed itself on the people, rigid elections, harassed opposition leaders, banned political parties, arrested trade union leaders, and so on,” he said.
He added that he expects four more coups in Africa, with at least two happening before the end of 2023.
“I was expecting the coup d’état in Gabon. I’m still expecting coup d’états in four more countries. I think that four more are going to fall very, very soon, possibly before the end of the year. We should expect about 2 or 3 countries to fall, and four more countries are likely to fall.”
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