The coup leaders claimed the 26 August general election was not credible. They announced a cancellation of the election result, closure of all borders and dissolution of all state institutions ...

Mutinous soldiers seized power in Gabon in the early hours of Wednesday and put President Ali Bongo under house arrest – moments after he was declared the winner in an election extending his family’s ...

The small African nation of Gabon is voting on Saturday in its first executive elections since a military coup in 2023 ended the 50-year dynastic rule of the Bongo political family. Brice Clotaite ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The former president of Gabon, who was ousted in a 2023 coup, has been allowed to leave the country and has flown to Angola with his family, the Angolan leader's office said ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world. But he swore one wouldn’t happen to him. “While our continent has been ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The oil-rich central African nation of Gabon on Saturday will hold its first presidential election since a 2023 military coup ended a political dynasty which lasted over 50 years. The ...

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 ...

Gabon's President Ali Bongo on Saturday made a rare public appearance to attend the country's independence day celebrations, nearly 10 months after suffering a stroke that fuelled speculation about ...

June 7 (Reuters) - Africa's longest serving president, Gabon's Omar Bongo, has died after 41 years in power, French media reported on Sunday. Here is a short chronology of events in Gabon since it ...

Gabon’s coup leaders say they have placed president Ali Bongo on house arrest after claiming to have seized control of the country following the incumbent’s disputed election win. Military leaders ...