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The leader of a coup that ousted Gabon’s President Ali Bongo was sworn in as interim president and cheered by jubilant supporters in a televised ceremony designed to cast the military as liberators of an oppressed society.
As most Francophone African countries celebrate their 55 years of independence this year, this may be a good time to reassess relations between them and France.
