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Gabon’s first election after collapse of Bongo dynasty: What’s at stake?

Military head Oligui Nguema is the strongest candidate, but his ties to the old government have led to criticism.

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Gabon's Military Leader To Run For President In April

Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema announces candidacy for Gabon's presidential election after leading a military coup. Challenges of income inequality pers...

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Gabon votes yes on new constitution a year after the military seized power

Authorities in Gabon say voters have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation

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Gabon votes on a new constitution after the military seized power last year

Gabon is holding a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than a year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation

The Independent UK

Gabon votes in referendum on new constitution after military coup last year

Transitional leader urges voters to back draft charter, which proposes changes that include presidential term limits.

Al Jazeera

Gabon Votes On New Constitution Hailed By Junta As 'Turning Point'

Gabon holds a referendum Saturday on a new constitution that the junta calls a "major turning point" after a coup that brought the curtain down on 55 years of rule by the Bongo dynasty.

International Business Times

Gabon to hold referendum on new constitution in November

Gabon will hold a referendum on 16 November on a proposed new constitution, a key step towards the return to a civilian regime which the military junta promised after a coup, the transitional government said.

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Gabon's Ousted Leader Bongo Says Renouncing Politics For Good

Gabon's ex-president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was overthrown in a coup last year, has said he is withdrawing from political life and asked for clemency for his imprisoned wife and son who he said face "violence" and "torture".

International Business Times

A Year Since Coup, Gabon's Ousted Ruling Family In Limbo

One year after a bloodless military coup that overthrew Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba ending 55 years of family rule, the fate of the former dynasty remains in limbo.

International Business Times

West Africa’s ‘coup belt’: Did Mali’s 2020 army takeover change the region?

At least 10 coup attempts have been recorded in Central and West Africa since the August 2020 military takeover in Mali.

Al Jazeera

From The Israel-Hamas War To The Moon Race: Events That Defined 2023

From Hamas's brutal attacks in Israel and the fierce retribution it provoked to the kiss that sparked a revolt in Spanish football, here are 10 events that marked a tumultuous 2023: - Israel-Hamas war - On October 7, hundreds of Hamas gunmen pour across the border from Gaza, killing around…

International Business Times

From The Israel-Gaza War To The Moon Race: Events That Defined 2023

From Hamas's brutal attacks in Israel, and the fierce retribution it provoked, to the kiss that caused a revolt in Spanish football, here are 10 events that marked a tumultuous 2023: - Israel-Gaza war - On October 7, hundreds of Hamas gunmen pour across the border from Gaza, killing around…

International Business Times

Wife of Gabon's ousted leader Ali Bongo jailed for corruption

The wife of desposed Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba – who has been under house arrest since an August coup over the suspected embezzlement of public funds – has been jailed, her lawyer said Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon charges ousted president's wife with 'money laundering'

The wife of Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with "money laundering" and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after her husband was toppled in a coup.

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The U.S. has suspended some aid to Gabon after the military takeover

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a "pause in certain foreign assistance programs" to Gabon pending a review of the circumstances that led to the ouster of the country's former leader.

The Independent UK

US suspends aid to Gabon after military takeover

The Biden administration has suspended most non-humanitarian aid to Gabon after a military takeover in the country last month that was at least the second this year in an African nation

Radio France Internationale

Gabon unveils transitional government, French military cooperation resumes

Gabon's new ruler General Brice Oligui Nguema has appointed former opposition leaders and key figures from the ousted regime to both houses of parliament, as the military junta sets a two-year transition period to democracy and military cooperation with France resumes.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon junta eyes two-year transition period before holding elections

Gabon’s military government has promised to hold free elections in two years’ time, newly appointed Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima said.

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Gabon picks one of ousted leader's main rivals to be interim prime minister

Gabon's military rulers have appointed Raymond Ndong Sima, a prominent opponent of ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba, as interim prime minister. He is the first civilian leader named by the junta, which overthrew Bongo in a coup at the end of August.

The Independent UK

Gabon’s junta says deposed president is 'freed' and can travel on a medical trip

Gabon’s junta says the country’s ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since he was deposed last week, is now free and can travel on a medical trip

Radio France Internationale

Gabon coup leader meets regional envoy, opposition after inauguration

Gabon's new military leader has started to give amnesty to dissidents and has met central Africa's mediator for the country, following last week's coup that brought the curtain down on the 55-year reign of the Bongo dynasty.

Al Jazeera

Gabon’s military says deposed President Ali Bongo ‘free’ to travel abroad

Bongo’s release comes after General Nguema was sworn in as Gabon’s new head of state.

The Conversation

Gabon coup has been years in the making: 3 key factors that ended the Bongo dynasty

The recent military intervention that put an end to the Bongo family’s 56-year hold on power in Gabon has been many years in the making.

WEKU

A Gabon military coup leader is sworn in as interim president, promising elections

Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, leader of a coup in Gabon last week, has been sworn in as interim president, while the deposed former president remains detained at his residence.

Al Jazeera

Gabon coup leader Nguema sworn in as transitional head of state

Nguema took the oath in the presidential palace in Gabon’s capital Libreville and promised credible elections.

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