Monday's coup attempt in Gabon is the first there since the 1960s.

A small group of junior military soldiers tried to take charge to "restore democracy".

The government has said the plot has been defeated and the situation is "under control".

President Ali Bongo is currently receiving medical treatment in Morocco. His family has ruled Gabon since 1967.

But is Africa shaking off its reputation for coups?

Since the 1950s, there've been a total of 204 coups d'état - successful or otherwise - in Africa, according to a dataset compiled by two US political scientists, Jonathan Powell and Clayton Thyne, who are based at the University of Central Florida and the University of Kentucky respectively.

Their definition of a coup is that they are illegal and overt attempts by the military or other civilian officials inside the state to unseat sitting leaders.

However, the definition of a coup is often contested and in the past, military leaders have denied they're conducting them.