Gabon News 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 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: As Gabon elects a new president today
Gabon votes today to pick a president, 19 months after the end of more than five decades of the Bongo dynasty. The Bongo dynastic rule was widely viewed as corrupt before junta chief Brice Oligui ...
News Gabon » Politics: Gabon 2025 Election: Five things you need to know
Gabonese voters head to the polls on April 12 to pick their next president. The pivotal election is a litmus test to transition back to civilian rule as Gabon seeks to break from the dynastic rule of ...
News Gabon » Politics: Gabon gears up for contentious elections as president seeks third term amidst political dynasty debate
Gabon's upcoming elections this weekend are poised to determine the nation's political course and potentially extend a political dynasty that has spanned 55 years. With over 800,000 eligible voters, ...
News Gabon » Politics: Gabon Coup Leader-turned-president Launches Political Party
Gabon's President Brice Oligui Nguema, who took power in a coup that ended 56 years of rule by the Bongo family, launched a political party Saturday.
News Gabon » Politics: DFC Political Risk Insurance to Support a Blue Bond Providing $500 Million for Ocean Conservation in Gabon
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15-- The U.S. International Development Finance Corp. issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: Today the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced ...
News Gabon » Politics: Gabon coup — oil capital on alert as gunfire greets 'end' of Bongo regime
Military stage push against President Ali Bongo to apparently end regime in power for more than 50 years A group of top military officers have seized power in hydrocarbon-rich Gabon today, just ...