Gabon News News Gabon » Politics: Gabon’s military coup has overthrown a powerful political dynasty. Here’s what to know
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A military coup thrust the Central African nation of Gabon into turmoil Wednesday, unseating the president – whose family had held ...
News Gabon » Politics: Gabon’s first election after collapse of Bongo dynasty: What’s at stake?
The African nation of Gabon is voting in its first executive elections since a military coup in 2023 ended the 50-year dynastic rule of the Bongo political family. Polls opened in the country at 7am ...
News Gabon » Politics: Gabon Civilians Celebrate as Coup Leader Frees Political Prisoners
Gabon civilians are celebrating the military junta's liberation Tuesday of several political prisoners jailed for years without trial by ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba. Coup leader Brice Nguema ...
News Gabon » Politics: Gabon’s ousted leader Bongo says renouncing politics for good
Gabon’s ex-president Ali Bongo Ondimba was overthrown in August 2023, moments after being proclaimed the winner of a presidential election – Copyright @TVGABON24 ...
News Gabon » Politics: Gabon divided over dialogue proposal to suspend political parties
Gabon's opposition is divided over a measure proposed at the country’s national dialogue to suspend close to 200 political parties until further notice and bar members of ousted President Ali Bongo's ...
News Gabon » Politics: Gabon’s First Post-Coup Election Is No Break From the Past
Gabonese interim President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema arrives for the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, in Beijing, China, Sept. 1, 2024 (pool photo by Ken Ishii via AP). Earlier this ...
News Gabon » Politics: Military coup ousts Bongo political dynasty in Gabon
On Wednesday, a month after a military coup in Niger, the military ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba in Gabon, an oil-rich former French colony in central Africa. A defaced billboard of Gabon ...
News Gabon » Politics: Gabon’s military coup has overthrown a powerful political dynasty. Here’s what to know
(CNN) — A military coup thrust the Central African nation of Gabon into turmoil Wednesday, unseating the president – whose family had held power for more than half a century – just minutes after he ...