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Africa: Gabon

Coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema has pledged to hand  oil-rich Gabon back to civilian rule after a transitional period.  By Ludovic MARIN AFPFile

Gabon's post-coup reform efforts under fire

Mar 28, 2024 | Africa: Gabon

Seven months after bringing the curtain down on the 55-year Bongo dynasty, Gabon's transitional president launches a nat ...

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

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 ...