Legitimacy of Gabon's election a 'perfect pretext for the military to step in and oust Ali Bongo'

Mutinous soldiers claimed to have seized power in Gabon and put the president under house arrest, hours after he was declared the winner in an election extending his family’s 55-year rule in the oil-rich Central African nation. Crowds took to the streets of the capital and sang the national anthem to celebrate the coup attempt against a self-serving dynasty accused of getting rich on the country’s resource wealth while many of its citizens struggle to scrape by. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the unfolding coup, FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih is joined by Dr. Nathaniel Powell, Africa Analyst at Oxford Analytica.