Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a military coup in 2023, won last month’s elections by a landslide. He has pledged to renew democracy in the country, which has only had four presidents since gaining independence in 1960.

Gabon’s constitutional court has confirmed that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema — he's Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup — has won the Central African nation’s April 12 presidential election.

Gabon's Brice Oligui Nguema, whose coup ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo family, took oath as president on Saturday before a packed stadium and more than a dozen African leaders.The former junta leader,