Gabon’s interim President Brice Oligui Nguema seized power in a coup, the eighth in West and Central Africa between 2020 and 2023, that ended the longstanding rule of his predecessor Ali Bongo and his ...

It could pave the way for Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who led the 2023 coup that overthrew former president Ali Bongo Ondimba, to run for his first presidential term. Gabon's constitution, ...

As he voted, the military leader hailed the referendum as a “great ... concentrate too much power in the presidency. Despite Gabon’s oil wealth and vast forests, one third of its 2.4 million ...

Gabon's council of ministers said late on Wednesday that presidential elections would be held on April 12, 2025, marking an end to the military rule that began with a coup on August 30, 2023.

LIBREVILLE - Gabon's Energy Minister and government spokesperson Séraphin Akure-Davin announced late Wednesday that the central African country's presidential election will take place on April 12.

Jean Ping has urged the citizens of Gabon to overcome their divisions Gabon's opposition leader Jean Ping has again claimed victory in elections held in 2016, as President Ali Bongo is being ...

TASS/. General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, serving as Gabon’s transitional leader following a military coup, has promised to reorganize government institutions to make them more democratic.

The oath was administered by a member of the Gabonese Constitutional Court, the powers of which were restored by the military. PRETORIA, September 4. /TASS/. The leader of the group of military ...

Gabon’s coup leaders, of course, aren’t the only ones facing accusations of political entrenchment. In Guinea, interim president General Mamady Doumbouya recently dissolved over 50 political ...

Pascaline Bongo, the eldest daughter of Gabon's long-serving former leader Omar Bongo was charged for accepting bribes to help secure public contracts. [Courtesy, Agency] A French court on Monday ...