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Africa: Gabon

Coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema, 48, was swiftly sworn in as transitional president.  By Ludovic MARIN AFPFile

Six months after coup, Gabon leader faces mixed record

Feb 27, 2024 | Africa: Gabon

Six months after bringing the curtain down on the 55-year Bongo dynasty, Gabon's military leader remains popular despite ...

Nov 14, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

Gabon's military leaders who deposed president Ali Bongo in August announced on Monday that elections would be held in A ...

Nov 1, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

Authorities in Gabon have launched a legal battle to get back a precious wooden mask used in secret ceremonies by the Fa ...

Oct 12, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

The wife of desposed Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba who has been under house arrest since an August coup over th ...

Oct 12, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

The wife of Gabon's deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since a late August coup over a ...

Sep 29, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

The wife of Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with money laundering and other offences, the ...

Sep 27, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

At Omar Bongo University in Gabon's capital, student Nathan Ovono Obiang is as absorbed by what's going on in his post-c ...

Sep 23, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

Gabon's military-installed prime minister on Friday defended the takeover before the United Nations as a lesser evil, ...

Sep 20, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

The son of Ali Bongo Ondimba and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with high treason and co ...

Sep 20, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

Three weeks after Ali Bongo Ondimba was overthrown in a coup, one of his sons and several allies of the ousted Gabon pre ...

Sep 15, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

Justine Ndoumba and her two daughters wander round the aisles of a school supplies shop carrying a long list of items re ...

Sep 14, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

There's a new air of optimism among the seniors waiting patiently since dawn in Gabon's capital Libreville to chase up p ...

Sep 13, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

The toppling of Ali Bongo Ondimba brought the curtain down on 55 years of rule by a family accused of extracting fabulou ...

Sep 13, 2023 | Africa: Gabon

Gabon's new ruler General Brice Oligui Nguema has appointed former opposition leaders and key figures from the ousted re ...