Gabon's junta chief promised Tuesday a "fair trial" for former first lady Sylvia Bongo and her son Noureddin, who are accused of corruption, embezzlement and forging ex-president Ali Bongo Ondimba's ...

Gabon's Constitutional Court has approved a list of eight candidates to run in the Central African nation's presidential ...

Nguema seized power in a 2023 military coup that ended the long-standing rule of his predecessor Ali Bongo and his family. There has been much speculation about whether Nguema would seek to remain in ...

Between weariness and bitterness, Gabon’s deposed president Ali Bongo spoke to The Africa Report at his residence in La Sablière in the capital. His calls for the release of his wife and son are in ...

The Nguema-led junta is credited for ending 55 years of the Bongo dynasty. Ali Bongo had ruled for 14 years before he was toppled. He took office after the death of his father, Omar Bongo ...

Gabon's military leader Brice Oligui Nguema will face seven challengers in elections set for 12 April in the West African ...

Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who is interim president, led a 2023 military coup that toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who many Gabonese accused of irresponsible governance and major ...

Nguema, 50, ended the long-standing rule of his predecessor Ali Bongo and his family over the oil-rich but impoverished nation in the coup, the eighth in West and Central Africa between 2020 and 2023.