The Real Reason For The Coup In Gabon. Did The Bongo Family System Truly End?
Channel: Africa Reloaded
Date: 2023-09-08

Can the coup in Gabon which supposedly ended the Bongo family dynasty truly be regarded as revolutionary? Did the coup truly end the Bongo system in Gabon? While the coup in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger can be lauded as revolutionary, recent information has come to light that shows that the Gabon coup is nowhere near revolutionary. The coup may have removed Ali Bongo and his immediate family from power but the fact is the coup will merely lead to a continuation of rule by the Bongo Clan. If this were not the case, why did the coup fail to elicit the same level of condemnation from the international community that the Niger coup did? Why is France not being expelled from the country, like it was in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger? It therefore means that there is something different about the coup in Gabon so in today's video, we will analyze the real reason for the coup in Gabon and why it is not revolutionary. 

For more than five decades, the Bongo family has established itself in the government of Gabon through patronage, offering lucrative positions to associates and extended family. Their rise to power began in December 1967, when Bongo's father, Albert-Bernard (Omar), was backed by France to take over as president following the death of the country's independence leader, Leon Mba, who died of cancer after being boosted back into power following a coup in 1964.

Throughout his stay in power, Omar won all the series of elections despite allegations of manipulation. He abolished the country's run-off system and replaced it with single-round voting as well as imposed a one-party system. Fueled by corruption and greed, Omar’s regime circulated the oil wealth of the country among the elite to ensure loyalty. He expanded the Bongo family's employment opportunities into the military, parliament, and state commerce. In fact, Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo, the current head of the Constitutional Court, was Omar's ex-lover.


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