Gabon is facing political turmoil as military officers announced on television that they were scrapping election results that gave President Ali Bongo Ondimba another term. French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne expressed concern over the situation, while the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, called it another military coup that would increase instability in the region. Gabon, unlike other West African countries, has not experienced jihadi violence and had been seen as relatively stable, but this turn of events may prompt the EU to develop a new Africa strategy. President Bongo is reportedly under house arrest while his son faces charges of embezzlement and drug trafficking.

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