Last month's coup in Gabon ended a family's half century hold on power By Steve Inskeep, Emmanuel Akinwotu Published September 15, 2023 at 5:18 AM EDT Facebook LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:22 Yves Laurent / APA defaced billboard of Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba is seen on an empty street of Libreville, Gabon, Wednesday Aug. 30, 2023. Mutinous soldiers speaking on state television announced that they had seized power in and were overturning the results of a presidential election that was to extend the Bongo family's 55-year hold on power. Copyright 2023 NPR