Mutinous soldiers announced that they had seized power in and were overturning the results of a presidential election that had seen Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba extend his family’s 55-year hold on power. The centrality of religious faith in African cultures is reflected in the fact that the public face of the rebuilding project is a Catholic priest. In terms of concrete results, Monsignor Jean-Bernard Asseko Mve said the national dialogue is “part of the program drawn up by