US halts foreign assistance to Gabon after August 30 coup | Military News

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces the decision in a statement released on Tuesday.

The United States is pausing certain foreign assistance programmes to the government of Gabon following last month’s coup, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement released by the Department of State on Tuesday.

The pause would continue while “[we] evaluate the unconstitutional intervention by members of the country’s military”, Blinken said, adding that the move is in line with steps taken by the Economic Community of Central African States and the African Union.

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