[UPDATE-Sep 8] Deposed Gabon President Allowed to Travel Abroad Freely

“Given the state of his health, the former president of the republic, Ali Bongo Ondimba, is free to move around. He can, if he wants, go abroad to undergo a medical examination there,” said the general.    Ali Bongo, 64, who had been in power for 14 years, was placed under house arrest after the August 30 military coup. The coup was carried out bloodlessly less than an hour after Bongo’s supporters announced his re-election in a vote that his opponents called rigged. The new authorities, represented by General Nguema, who has been proclaimed interim president, also accuse the…