{"id":43590,"date":"2023-09-02T09:38:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T09:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/?p=43590"},"modified":"2023-09-02T09:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T09:29:03","slug":"president-joao-lourenco-returns-to-the-country-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/president-joao-lourenco-returns-to-the-country-5","title":{"rendered":"President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o returns to the country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The President of the Republic, Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o, returned to the country this Thursday night, after having visited Congo for a few hours for political consultations on the situation in Gabon.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At the Luanda Military Air Base, the Angolan Head of State received greetings from the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperanc\u0327a da Costa, and members of the Executive.<\/p>\n<p>Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o traveled to Congo at the invitation of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, with whom he discussed the situation in Gabon, marked by a coup d&#8217;e\u0301tat carried out on Wednesday (30th) by the Gabonese army.<\/p>\n<p>During their stay, the Heads of State of Angola, Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o, and Congo, Dennis Sassou N&#8217;Guessou, condemned the seizure of power by force in the Republic of Gabon, having called for respect for the physical integrity of President Ali Bongo Odimba, of his family and of high entities of the institutions of the State.<\/p>\n<p>They exhorted all actors to favor political dialogue as a way of preserving the peace, unity and serenity of the Gabonese people.<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of Wednesday, a group of soldiers from the Gabonese army announced a coup d&#8217;e\u0301tat, on national television, after the release of the results of the general elections in that country.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made in a press release read on the television channel \u201cGabon 24\u201d by the military who decided to close the country&#8217;s borders.<\/p>\n<p>Gabon is located on the Atlantic coast of central Africa and has land borders with Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Congo and sea borders with Sa\u0303o Tome\u0301 and Pri\u0301ncipe.<\/p>\n<p>Angola and Congo are also part of the Central Africa sub-region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. 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