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How has the UNSC voted since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza?

The US vetoed a Gaza ceasefire draft resolution; here are all the other Gaza resolutions the Security Council has voted on. Votes in favour: UAE, Russia, Mozambique, Gabon, China UAE, Russia, Mozambique, Gabon, China Votes against: US, UK, France, Japan US, UK, France, Japan Abstentions: Switzerland, Ghana, Ecuador, Brazil, Albania Switzerland, Ghana, Ecuador, Brazil, Albania October 18, 2023, draft resolution …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Gabon holds referendum on a new constitution, Junta calls it a 'turning point'

Firstpost

The central African country’s 860,000 registered voters have faced an onslaught of calls by authorities on TV, radio and social media to make their ballot count – whether they choose a green one meaning “yes” or a red one for “no” Officials load empty ballot boxes into military trucks for distribution to polling stations in Libreville, on November 16, 2024, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

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

Al Jazeera

Transitional leader urges voters to back draft charter, which proposes changes that include presidential term limits. Gabon is voting in a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution that would pave the way to democratic rule after the military deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba last year, ending 55 years of rule by his family in the oil-rich nation. “We …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Five more countries book places at African Cup of Nations finals

The Hindu

Gabon, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda all booked spots at the next Africa Cup of Nations finals on Thursday, some without even playing in the latest qualifiers. Tunisia snatched a stoppage time goal from Ali El Abdi’s diving header to edge Madagascar 3-2 in neutral Pretoria and make sure it will finish in the top two places in Group …

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3 months ago

Quick deliveries top agenda for Indian energy hunters

Live Mint

State-run energy companies on the prowl for foreign assets will focus on projects that are already pumping oil and gas or are about to do so, two people aware of the plans said, after the endless wait for supplies from countries where India has made energy investments in the past prompts a rethink. Queries sent to the Union ministry of …

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4 months ago

Modernization, unity seen as key to Sino-African ties

China Daily

A participant at the 6th Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation & China-Africa Think Tank High-Level Dialogue learns about the production process of traditional lacquered fluttering fans, which are made using a technique based on a national intangible heritage, in Beijing on Wednesday. They made the remarks on Wednesday at the 6th Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation&China-Africa Think Tank High-Level Dialogue, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

US halts foreign assistance to Gabon after August 30 coup

Al Jazeera

The United States is pausing certain foreign assistance programmes to the government of Gabon following last month’s coup, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement released by the Department of State on Tuesday. The pause would continue while “ evaluate the unconstitutional intervention by members of the country’s military”, Blinken said, adding that the move is in line …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?

Al Jazeera

The support for military takeovers is growing across Africa, and civilian governments are responsible for that slide, say analysts. “I think it’s largely because of the economic situations within the sub-region, especially in those countries,” Anim, of the Accra-based Policy Initiative of Economic Development Africa, told Al Jazeera. In December 2020, for instance, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo claimed Burkina Faso’s …

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1 year, 3 months ago

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

Al Jazeera

Bongo’s release comes after General Brice Oligui Nguema sworn in as Gabon’s new head of state on Monday. Gabon’s deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, has been released from house arrest and is free to leave the country for medical treatment, the military which removed him from power last month has said. He may, if he wishes, travel abroad for medical …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon military government appoints former opposition leader as interim PM

Al Jazeera

Raymond Ndong Sima, a 68-year-old economist, was an outspoken critic of President Ali Bongo, who was removed by military officers last month. Gabon’s military government, which seized power in a coup last week, appointed a former opposition leader, Raymond Ndong Sima, as the prime minister of its transitional government. The coup was greeted with scenes of jubilation in the capital …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon's military leader is sworn in as head of state after ousting the President last week

The Hindu

Gabon's new military leader was sworn in as the head of state on September 4 less than a week after ousting the President whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades. Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, took the oath in the presidential palace in front of a packed, boisterous room of government officials, military and …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon coup leader sworn in as interim president

Firstpost

Dressed in the red ceremonial costume of the Republican Guard, Oligui also swore to ‘preserve the achievements of democracy’, at the ceremony held before judges of the Constitutional Court General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon’s 55-year-old dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising to hold “free… transparent elections” …

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1 year, 3 months ago

France’s waning influence in coup-hit Africa appears clear while few remember their former colonizer

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — When Gabon’s longtime leader was detained in the latest coup in Africa last week, France condemned the takeover but did little to intervene — despite having hundreds of troops in the country. “France stirs up conflict in Central African Republic and is putting pressure on authorities to not bring forth real development policies,” said Anicet L’appel, publisher …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon’s military leader is sworn in as head of state after last week’s coup

LA Times

Gabon’s new military leader was sworn in as head of state Monday less than a week after ousting the president, whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades. Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema took the oath in the presidential palace in front of a packed, boisterous room of government officials, military and local leaders in …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon coup leader Nguema sworn in as transitional head of state

Al Jazeera

Nguema took the oath in the presidential palace in Gabon’s capital Libreville and promised credible elections. Gabon’s new military leader was sworn in as the head of state on Monday, less than a week after ousting the president whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades. General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema took the oath in …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon coup leader: No rush to elections and ‘the same mistakes’

Al Jazeera

The coup – West and Central Africa’s eighth in three years – drew cheering crowds onto the streets of the capital, Libreville. The leader of a coup that overthrew Gabon’s President Ali Bongo says he wants to avoid rushing into elections that “repeat past mistakes” as pressure mounts to hand back power to a civilian government. A spokesman for Gabon’s …

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1 year, 3 months ago

‘Family affair’: Gabon opposition lambasts coup, claims election victory

Al Jazeera

The opposition candidate said the military takeover was ‘a palace revolution, not a coup d’etat’ staged to prevent him from becoming Gabon’s leader. Albert Ondo Ossa, Gabon’s main opposition candidate in the August 26 presidential election has claimed victory in the election while dismissing Wednesday’s coup in the oil-rich central African country as “a disappointment” and “family affair”. “I had …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Season of putsch: Why have coups become popular in Africa?

Al Jazeera

Lagos, Nigeria – Shortly after Ali Bongo, president of Gabon since 2009, was deposed by members of the Republican Guard, his personal security unit, he appeared in a short video, visibly frail and urging people to “make some noise” on his behalf. Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s newly elected president who has been leading regional efforts to return Niger’s Mohammed Bazoum to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Blue-water ambitions: Is China looking beyond its neighborhood now it has the world’s largest navy?

CNN

Seoul, South Korea CNN — China has built the world’s largest naval fleet, more than 340 warships, and until recently it has been regarded as a green-water navy, operating mostly near the country’s shores. A tale of two piers Chinese and Cambodian officials presided together over a ground-breaking ceremony for a Chinese-funded upgrade to the Ream Naval Base facility last …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Some in Africa are celebrating the coups. Many are fed up and desperate for change, analysts say

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — After mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced they had deposed the country’s president, many residents danced in the streets and declared themselves free from the presidential family’s 55-year rule. “The leaders who are supposed to be democrats are not abiding by the rules of democracy … and people are wondering, what is in this system for me?” Research …

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1 year, 3 months ago

EU examines its training of African armies as another coup rocks the continent

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

EU grapples with its African army training dilemma as another coup rocks the continent

Associated Press

BRUSSELS — European Union ministers expressed deep concern Thursday at the growing number of military coups across Africa as the bloc draws up sanctions targeting the junta in Niger which overthrew an elected government a month ago. “It’s clear that things haven’t gone well given the proliferation of military coups and the presence of Wagner gangs in the Central African …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon’s wealthy, dynastic leader thought he could resist Africa’s trend of coups. He might be wrong

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world. Now, according to a group of mutinous Gabonese security forces who spoke on state television early Wednesday, he is under house arrest, accused of “unpredictable, irresponsible governance.” The soldiers who claimed authority said people around Bongo had …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Soldiers in Gabon say they’ve seized power and appointed the republican guard chief as head of state

The Hindu

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced late Wednesday that the head of the country’s elite republican guard would lead the Central African country, hours after saying they had placed the country’s newly re-elected president under house arrest. The coup leaders said in an announcement on Gabon’s state TV that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema had been “unanimously” designated president of a …

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How has the UNSC voted since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza?

Gabon holds referendum on a new constitution, Junta calls it a 'turning point'

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

Five more countries book places at African Cup of Nations finals

Quick deliveries top agenda for Indian energy hunters

Modernization, unity seen as key to Sino-African ties

US halts foreign assistance to Gabon after August 30 coup

Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?

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

Gabon military government appoints former opposition leader as interim PM

Gabon's military leader is sworn in as head of state after ousting the President last week

Gabon coup leader sworn in as interim president

France’s waning influence in coup-hit Africa appears clear while few remember their former colonizer

Gabon’s military leader is sworn in as head of state after last week’s coup

Gabon coup leader Nguema sworn in as transitional head of state

Gabon coup leader: No rush to elections and ‘the same mistakes’

‘Family affair’: Gabon opposition lambasts coup, claims election victory

Season of putsch: Why have coups become popular in Africa?

Blue-water ambitions: Is China looking beyond its neighborhood now it has the world’s largest navy?

Some in Africa are celebrating the coups. Many are fed up and desperate for change, analysts say

EU examines its training of African armies as another coup rocks the continent

EU grapples with its African army training dilemma as another coup rocks the continent

Gabon’s wealthy, dynastic leader thought he could resist Africa’s trend of coups. He might be wrong

Soldiers in Gabon say they’ve seized power and appointed the republican guard chief as head of state