
Gabonese transitional President Gen Brice Oligui Nguema on Thursday started a 2-day visit to President Museveni, almost one year after he toppled the Bongo dynasty in a post-election bloodless coup.
On August 30, 2023, the junta seized power in Gabon as Gen Nguema led forces that overthrew his cousin Ali Bongo Ondimba, ending a close to 56-yearlong family rule.
A joint statement by Gabon and Uganda indicated that 49-year-old Gen Nguema’s Thursday visit was at Museveni’s invitation.Gabon’s military leaders plan a return to civilian rule with a general election scheduled for August 2025, following international pressure to restore democracy in the oil-rich central African nation of more than 2.3million people. Under Gen Nguema, national dialogue is moving government towards presenting a new constitution in October, which will be adopted by Gabon through a referendum due by the end of 2024.
Gen Nguema was inaugurated as Gabon’s interim president in Libreville on September 4, 2023.

https://693adf4f26efe991c6930bcb0fde052e.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html On Thursday, he also encouraged Museveni to pay visit to post-Bongo Gabon at a date to be agreed upon by Kampala and Libreville.
Putschists deposed Ali Bongo within 24 hours after the country’s electoral body proclaimed him winner of a presidential election, which the army and opposition rejected as “fraudulent.”