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GABON

Coup leader sworn in as interim president

Brice Oligui Nguema, president of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions, or CTRI, was sworn in on Monday as Gabon's "transitional president" in the capital Libreville. The ceremony was held at the presidential palace. "I solemnly and honorably undertake to do everything possible to achieve national unity. I swear," Nguema said before the constitutional judges. A group of military officers on Wednesday appointed Nguema, commander-in-chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard, to head the transition in the name of the CTRI after starting a coup earlier in the day following the announcement of the reelection of President Ali Bongo Ondimba by the national electoral body.

NASA

SpaceX capsule returns to Earth

The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration said its SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely off the coast of the southeastern US state of Florida early on Monday. The mission was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 2 and docked to the International Space Station the next day. The crew has been living and working aboard the International Space Station for six months.

Xinhua - Agencies