Gabon is holding a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than a year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s long-time president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation.

Voters in Gabon headed to the polls on Saturday to decide on a new constitution that would pave the way to democratic rule after a coup ousted the Bongo dynasty last year.

The central African country’s 860,000 registered voters have faced an onslaught of calls by authorities on TV, radio and social media to make their ballot count – whether they choose a green one meani

Gabon holds a referendum Saturday on a new constitution that the junta calls a "major turning point" after a coup that brought the curtain down on 55 years of rule

The vote follows a military coup that overthrew the Bongo family, which ruled the central African nation from 1967 to 2023.