Gabon: armed men ransack the home of ECCAS president, Angolan Gilberto da Piedade
At the end of the last ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States) summit, Gabon recalled its ambassador to Angola.
The diplomat has still not returned to Luanda following an attitude considered unfriendly by Angola towards the Gabonese transitional authorities.
Thursday January 17, the home of the president of the ECCAS Commission was attacked in Libreville by “
armed men, some of whom wore the uniform of the Gabonese armed forces
”.
Luanda demands “ explanations
” from the Gabonese authorities
.
During the last ECCAS summit on December 15 in Equatorial Guinea, Angola was said to have been intractable on the application of sanctions against Gabon.
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With our correspondent in Libreville,
Yves Laurent Goma
According to the facts recounted by the president of the ECCAS Commission in his verbal note, the five individuals broke into the residence despite resistance from the guards.
It was 9:30 a.m.
Gilberto da Piedade Verissimo was absent.
All the rooms were searched.
Broken doors.
At 3 p.m., the same armed men returned.
This time, the President of the Commission was present.
This general of the Angolan armed forces would have been personally threatened.
The next day, the President of the Commission contacted the Gabonese government via a note verbale.
Libreville promptly dispatched police officers to the scene and opened an investigation.
Luanda immediately summoned the Gabonese Chargé d'Affaires in Angola to obtain explanations.
Relations between Gabon and Angola are not in good shape.
The Angolan president is also the only president of Central Africa not to have rolled out the red carpet for the president of the Gabonese transition.
During the last ECCAS summit on December 15 in Equatorial Guinea, Angola was said to have been intractable on the application of sanctions against Gabon.
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