Gabon coup leaders jail wife of ousted president Ali Bongo

The wife of Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo has been jailed, the AFP news agency said in a post on social media platform X, citing a lawyer.

The military regime accuses Sylvia Bongo of alleged embezzlement of public funds.

Gabon army officers seized power on Aug. 30, annulling an election minutes after an announcement that President Ali Bongo had won, which they said was not credible.

Bongo, in power since 2009, had succeeded his father Omar Bongo, who ruled the Central African country for 42 years.