Lawyers for the family of accused former Gabon president Ali Bongo Ondimba on Tuesday slammed what they termed French "silence" over alleged torture suffered during a "cruel and illegal detention." He ...

The oil-rich central African nation of Gabon on Saturday will hold its first presidential election since a 2023 military coup ...

The interim president, Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, 50, toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba two years ago. He hopes to ...

Voters in Gabon participated in a pivotal presidential election aimed at legitimizing the country's military rulers following ...

General Bris Oliga Nguema, president of the transitional period of Gabon, read on national television in a statement saying that Ali ben Bongo Ondimba is free to move PRETORIA, September 7.

The interim president, Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, led the coup that toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who many Gabonese accused of irresponsible governance. Bongo was placed in house ...

Ali Bongo Ondimba, had secured a third seven-year term with a crushing 64% of the vote. It was hard to see this official result as credible. Ali Bongo, who succeeded his father Omar in 2009 ...

Gabon voted on Saturday for its first elected leader since a 2023 coup overthrew the Bongo dynasty, which had ruled Gabon for ...