GABON
– GEOGRAPHY
News:
Rebel soldiers in Gabon
claim to have ousted their President
What's
in the news?
●
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 to extend his family's 55-year rule in the
oil-rich Central African nation.
Key
takeaways:
●
A recent spate of coups in the Sahel region of Africa where military
officers.
Gabon:
●
Gabon is a member of OPEC, with a production of some 1,81,000 barrels of crude
a day, but it's over 2 million people face high unemployment and rising prices.
●
Nearly 40% of Gabonese aged 15-24 were out
of work in 2020, according to the World Bank.
Gabon
Bordering Countries:
● Cameroon,
Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo.