July 18 (Reuters) - ⁠French-born coach Sebastien Migne, who led ⁠Haiti to the World Cup, ‌has been appointed to take charge of Gabon as they seek to qualify for ​next year’s Africa Cup ⁠of Nations finals.

It ⁠is a return to African football for ⁠the ‌53-year-old, previously coach of Congo, Kenya, and Equatorial Guinea. ⁠He was also the assistant coach ​of ‌Cameroon at the 2022 World Cup ⁠in Qatar.

Gabon ​begin their Cup of Nations qualifying campaign in September with matches ⁠against Morocco and Niger.

Migne helped ​Haiti to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in ⁠52 years, but they were eliminated in the first round of the tournament in Canada, Mexicoand the United ​States.

The Gabon football ⁠federation did not give any details ​of the contract terms ‌when announcing the appointment.

(Writing ​by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Alison Williams)