General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was sworn in as president of Gabon Saturday after winning almost 95 percent of votes in April 12 election, having served as interim president since taking power in a 2023 coup.

Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema has been sworn in as the fourth president of Gabon, marking the end of a nearly two-year political transition following the 2023 military coup.

Brice Oligui Nguema, a general who led a coup that ended five decades of Bongo family rule in Gabon, was inaugurated as the African nation's president on Saturday. Nguema, 50, who served under Omar Bongo and his son Ali Bongo,