The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, is calling on the world "to make noise" to support him following his apparent overthrow by the country’s military. Speaking under house arrest in his first public appearance since the coup attempt on Wednesday, the 64-year-old said he was under house arrest and that his wife was in a different place. The message was conveyed in a video that was released on behalf of the President’s Office by BTP Advisers, a communications firm that helped the president with polling for this week's election.