General Brice Oligui Nguema: Who is Gabon's coup leader?

2023-09-01 00:58

Who is General Brice Nguema, the man who overthrew the president he was supposed to protect?

After deposing Gabonese President Ali Bongo, General Brice Oligui Nguema was carried through the streets by his triumphant troops, who chanted "Oligui, président! Oligui, président!".

The 48-year-old general certainly appears to to be a man of the people as he's held aloft by his soldiers, but...