Gabon
26 Dec
Gabon's defence ministry said Thursday that eight officers suspected of torturing to death a young soldier accused of stealing had been detained, in a case that has rocked the junta-led country. Two generals will also be questioned after an emergency meeting presided by coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema, according to a ministry statement read…
29 Nov
Gabon's constitutional court on Friday definitely validated a referendum vote overwhelmingly approving a new constitution, paving the way for a presidential election set for next August. The vote two weeks ago, 15 months on from a military coup, saw nearly 92 percent of participants vote in favour and the court approved the outcome. "The court…
22 Nov
In heavily forested Gabon, elephants are increasingly wandering into villages and destroying crops, angering the local population who demand the power to stop the critically endangered animals in their tracks. "The solution to get rid of the pachyderms is to kill them," said Kevin Balondoboka, who lives in Bakoussou, a mere scattering of wooden huts…
16 Nov
Gabon extended a night curfew Saturday as it held a referendum on a new constitution the ruling junta says will mark a new chapter after 55 years of dynastic rule in the oil-rich African nation. The estimated 860,000 registered voters have faced an onslaught of calls by authorities on TV, radio and social media to…
22 Oct
A new Gabonese constitution proposed by the ruling junta calls for a national holiday to celebrate the downfall of the country's Bongo
18 Oct
Gabon will hold a referendum on November 16 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. The August 2023 coup put an end to 55 years of rule by the family of former president Ali Bongo…
30 Sep
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea faced off Monday at the International Court of Justice, hoping to resolve a decades-old scrap over the sovereignty of three disputed islands in potentially oil-rich waters. The two West African nations have been squabbling over the 30-hectare (74-acre) island of Mbanie and two smaller low-lying islets, Cocotier and Conga, since the…
12 Sep
Lawmakers in Gabon met on Thursday to begin discussing a proposed new constitution, the first stage towards a return to civilian government, which the ruling military junta promised following a 2023 coup. The coup put an end to 55 years of rule by the family of former president Ali Bongo Ondimba and a new constitution…
26 Aug
Authorities in Gabon say they have arrested around 30 young people, including minors, after violence in the economic hub Port-Gentil. READ ALSO:Gabon’s interim president imposes strict holiday restrictions on officials They are accused of vandalizing businesses and attacking passersby armed with axes, machetes, broken bottles, and knives, the interior ministry said on…
20 Aug
Gabon's interim president, Gen. Oligui Nguema, has banned members of his transitional government from taking holidays abroad. The new restrictions, announced on state television, also limit government officials to a maximum of one week's holiday leave. News of the holiday restrictions comes days before the first anniversary of the coup, when the junta's record will…
28 Mar 2024
Seven months after bringing the curtain down on the 55-year Bongo dynasty, Gabon's transitional president launches a national dialogue Tuesday touted as paving the way for elections next year.
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