55-Year ruling ends: Mutinous soldiers oust Gabon's President and family

Crowds celebrated in Gabon after mutinous soldiers said on Wednesday, they were seizing power in order to overturn the results of a presidential election, seeking to remove a president whose family has held power for 55 years.

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The coup attempt came hours after the central African country’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba, 64, was declared winner of an election marred by fears of violence. Within minutes of the announcement, gunfire was heard in the centre of the capital, Libreville.

Later, a dozen uniformed soldiers appeared on state television and announced that they had seized power.