After the country’s electoral board declared that President Ali Bongo had won a third term, military officials in the oil-producing nation said they had placed him under house arrest. State institutions were abolished, and borders were sealed.
According to statistics and maritime sources, at least 30 commercial ships were anchored on Wednesday in Gabon’s waterways after military personnel claimed to have taken control of the Central African nation.
Ship monitoring information from analytics company MarineTraffic revealed on Wednesday that the boats included commercial cargo ships as well as tankers that had halted close to the nation’s major ports, including Owendo, close to the capital Libreville, and Port Gentil farther south.
