Bongo, 64, suffered a stroke in 2018 and spent months outside Gabon, receiving treatment in Morocco raising questions about whether he was fit to continue as...
Bongo had been president for 14 years. He succeeded his father Omar, who ruled the country for 41 years, gaining a reputation for kleptocracy and iron-fisted...
Military leaders named the head of the Presidential Guard, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, as the country’s interim leader on Wednesday evening.
We need a democratic system in which the power of the state cannot subjugate the power of the people. We need to work out and build...
The military's assertion of control commenced on Wednesday, shortly after the election commission of Gabon declared Bongo as the re-elected president in the aftermath of the...
Incidentally, the coups that have occurred in West and Central Africa over the last three years have been in Francophone countries. Mali on August 18, 2020,...
Then comes Gabon. It's overwhelming." "I think Baba should focus on his renewed hope agenda for Nigeria and let these nations solve their own problems." "But...
Rampant corruption and economic mismanagement erode public trust in the government and hinder development efforts. Coups often occur when the military or certain factions perceive the...
The international community, yesterday, expressed concern and deplored the upwelling wave of military coups in Africa, as Gabon became the seventh African country to fall to...
The military juntas said they represented the armed forces, and declared on television that the election results were cancelled, borders closed and state institutions dissolved, after...