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Bongo family accuses Gabonese authorities of torture in French court

Ali Bongo Ondimba, his eldest son Nourredin Bongo Valentin and Sylvia Bongo. © Steeve JORDAN/AFP - Montage RFI

The Bongo family, the former rulers of Gabon, have provided video evidence before a French court on allegations of torture and arbitrary detention, following their ousting in the country's 2023 military coup.

Former president Ali Bongo, his wife Sylvia and their eldest son Noureddin, all of whom have French nationality, filed a complaint in Paris in May 2024 accusing the Gabonese authorities of "sequestration, arbitrary detention, acts of torture and barbarity" following Bongo's ousting in a military coup on 30 August, 2023.

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