RT News - August 31 2023 (09:00 MSK)

Gabon's military officials have appointed a president of transition that is after the government was overthrown and the president-elect, placed under house arrest. Meanwhile, western states condemn the military coup in Gabon and call for the restoration of the constitutional government that is as many locals hail the coup as a 'liberation'. And another coup-hit African nation, Niger, reportedly gives French troops four days to leave the country amid growing anti-French sentiment. Russia wields its veto power to reject an extension of UN sanctions against Mali warning the move could turn into an instrument of influence on the internal political processes in the West African state.