Gabon's military rulers decide 'with immediate effect to reopen the land, sea and air borders as of this Saturday', a spokesperson for the army has said on state TV.
Gabon's military rulers decide "with immediate effect to reopen the land, sea and air borders as of this Saturday", a spokesperson for the army has said on state TV.Colonel Ulrich Manfoumbi Manfoumbi , spokesman for the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions , reads a statement on television. / Photo: AFP
A spokesman for Gabon's military rulers said on state TV that they had"decided with immediate effect to reopen the land, sea and air borders as of this Saturday". General Brice Oligui Nguema, the head of the elite Republican Guard, on Wednesday led officers in a coup against Bongo, scion of a family that had ruled for 55 years.
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