People read newspapers at a kiosk in Libreville on September 7, 2023. Gabon's former president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a putsch, is free to leave the country and travel abroad the leader of the coup that toppled him said on September 6, 2023.
"He has freedom of movement... and can travel abroad if he wishes," general Brice Oligui Nguema said in a statement read on state television.
"Given his state of health, the former President of the Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba has freedom of movement. He can travel abroad if he wishes to carry out his medical checks," Colonel Ulrich Manfoumbi Manfoumbi said, reading a press release signed by Oligui took his oath as transitional president on September 4, 2023. (Photo by AFP)