Another African leader is unseated by a coup

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, military leaders in Gabon announced they seized power and put President Ali Bongo under house arrest. Bongo had just been declared the president in a flawed election. The World’s Marco Werman speaks to Daniel Eizenga, a research fellow at the African Center for Strategic Studies.

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