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

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 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

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 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'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 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’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: 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

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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1 year, 3 months ago

Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption

Associated Press

LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive embezzlement during his long-time rule over the oil-rich Central African nation. The coup leaders said in an announcement on Gabon’s state TV that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon President Bongo detained in coup attempt after winning third term

Al Jazeera

Television announcement comes shortly after state election body announces incumbent Ali Bongo had won a third term as president. A group of senior Gabonese military officers on Wednesday announced that they had taken power and detained President Ali Bongo, minutes after the state election body declared the winner of Saturday’s general election. Bongo’s son and close adviser Noureddin Bongo Valentin, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Who is Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim leader?

Al Jazeera

Minutes after Gabon’s electoral commission announced on Wednesday that President Ali Bongo Ondimba had won a third term in office, senior military officers announced a coup and annulled the election results. According to local media reports, Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, the commander-in-chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard – the country’s most powerful security unit – and a cousin to Bongo, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon president calls for help after ouster in country’s first coup

Al Jazeera

Gabon’s deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba has solicited help, hours after he was put under house arrest by members of his presidential guard in an ongoing coup attempt on Wednesday. Bongo, who confirmed his arrest in a video circulating on social media and verified by Al Jazeera, called on calls on citizens to “make noise” after the coup attempt. Appearing …

1 year, 3 months ago

Gabon imposes curfew and cuts internet access as voting wraps up in major elections

Associated Press

LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Gabon’s government announced a nationwide curfew and cut off internet access Saturday evening as voting in major national elections was wrapping up. The Central African nation’s communications minister, Rodrigue Mboumba Bissawou, said on state television that there would a nightly curfew from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. The announcement came after voters cast ballots to elect new …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Poll delays in Gabon as president Bongo seeks to extend dynasty

Al Jazeera

President Ali Bongo is seeking a third seven-year term in office to extend his family’s 56-year grip on power. Some Gabonese voters have encountered delays in taking part in Saturday’s presidential, legislative and local elections that the opposition hopes will foil President Ali Bongo’s bid for a third term and end his family’s 56-year grip on power. Voting was meant …

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1 year, 3 months ago

One family has led Gabon for 55 years. Can this election bring a new era?

Al Jazeera

A new opposition coalition emerges and unites behind one candidate as doubts swirl about President Ali Bongo’s health, effectiveness and commitment to free and fair elections. There are no term limits in Gabon, so if Bongo keeps winning elections, he could be president for life and extend his family’s hold on the Central African nation. The opposition candidate told Al …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Gabon’s president seeks third term in elections that could extend a 55-year political dynasty

Associated Press

LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Gabon’s president is seeking a third term in elections this weekend that could extend his family’s 55-year political dynasty. Bongo has served two seven-year terms and seeks to extend his family’s 55-year political dynasty with a third. By leaving rising unemployment unaddressed, “the current regime is sowing the seeds of post-electoral violence,” said Noël Bertrand Boudzanga, a …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Gabon: Opposition wants to ‘turn the page on the Bongos’ in Aug 26 vote

Al Jazeera

On August 26, Gabon’s Ali Bongo will be standing for a third term in office as president of the Central African country. The platform’s consensus candidate is Albert Ondo Ossa, a 69-year-old economics professor and cabinet minister under the older Bongo. Gabon is a rich country, from its soil and subsoil, and the Gabonese people don’t feel they are benefitting …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Nineteen people to vie for Gabon’s presidency in August 26 vote

Al Jazeera

President Bongo is standing for a third term after ruling a country with no presidential term limits for almost 14 years. Gabon has validated the candidacies of 19 people, including President Ali Bongo and several former ministers, for a presidential election next month, the election commission says. The president of the Gabonese Elections Center, Michel Stephane Bonda, said on Sunday …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Aubameyang wants Gabon return a year after international retirement

The Hindu

Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has announced a return to the Gabon national team a year after he retired from international football, citing the influence of the country’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba in his decision to make a comeback. The Chelsea forward, who as a youngster was also eligible to play for France or Spain, has long had a testy relationship with …

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

US halts foreign assistance to Gabon after August 30 coup

Gabon military government appoints former opposition leader as interim PM

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

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 coup leader Nguema sworn in as transitional head of state

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

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

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

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

Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption

Gabon President Bongo detained in coup attempt after winning third term

Who is Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim leader?

Gabon president calls for help after ouster in country’s first coup

Gabon imposes curfew and cuts internet access as voting wraps up in major elections

Poll delays in Gabon as president Bongo seeks to extend dynasty

One family has led Gabon for 55 years. Can this election bring a new era?

Gabon’s president seeks third term in elections that could extend a 55-year political dynasty

Gabon: Opposition wants to ‘turn the page on the Bongos’ in Aug 26 vote

Nineteen people to vie for Gabon’s presidency in August 26 vote

Aubameyang wants Gabon return a year after international retirement