Deposed Gabonese President Ali Bongo and his family have been exiled to Angola.
Bongo was overthrown by his cousin Brice Oligui Nguema who is now democratically elected President in a 2023 coup that brought Bongo family reign of more than 50 years to an end.
Angolan authorities confirmed Bongo and his family memebers who had been in detention have been released and are now in Launda.
The Bongo family lawyer, François Zimeray, welcomed the release of his clients and denounced their “arbitrary and cruel imprisonment”.
The family’s release comes after Angolan President João Lourenço, who currently heads the African Union, visited Libreville and held talks with his Gabonese counterpart Brice Oligui Nguema – the former general who led the coup against Bongo before being winning a landslide in last month’s presidential elections. With BBC reports
