France, July 4 -- The Bongo family, the former rulers of Gabon, have provided video evidence before a French court on allegations of torture and arbitrary detention, following their ousting in the country's 2023 military coup.

Former president Ali Bongo, his wife Sylvia and their eldest son Noureddin, all of whom have French nationality, filed a complaint in Paris in May 2024 accusing the Gabonese authorities of "sequestration, arbitrary detention, acts of torture and barbarity" following Bongo's oustingin a military coup on 30 August, 2023.

The three testified before judges from the war crimes unit of the Paris tribunal on Monday and Tuesday this week.

"On the eve of the August 30, 2023 military coup, our entire family - including a o...