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Gabon's Ousted Leader Bongo Says Renouncing Politics For Good

Gabon's ex-president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was overthrown in a coup last year, has said he is withdrawing from political life and asked for clemency for his imprisoned wife and son who he said face "violence" and "torture".

International Business Times

A Year Since Coup, Gabon's Ousted Ruling Family In Limbo

One year after a bloodless military coup that overthrew Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba ending 55 years of family rule, the fate of the former dynasty remains in limbo.

International Business Times

French court rejects corruption charges against daughter of Gabon's ex-president

A French court on Monday cleared the eldest daughter of Gabon's former leader Omar Bongo of accepting bribes to help secure public contracts in the country.

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Gabon junta sets August 2025 as 'indicative' election date

Gabon's military leaders who deposed president Ali Bongo in August announced on Monday that elections would be held in August 2025 under a timetable that first foresees national dialogue.

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Wife of Gabon's ousted leader Ali Bongo jailed for corruption

The wife of desposed Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba – who has been under house arrest since an August coup over the suspected embezzlement of public funds – has been jailed, her lawyer said Thursday.

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Gabon charges ousted president's wife with 'money laundering'

The wife of Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with "money laundering" and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after her husband was toppled in a coup.

Radio France Internationale

Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?

The support for military takeovers is growing across Africa, and civilian governments are to blame, say analysts.

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Gabon picks one of ousted leader's main rivals to be interim prime minister

Gabon's military rulers have appointed Raymond Ndong Sima, a prominent opponent of ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba, as interim prime minister. He is the first civilian leader named by the junta, which overthrew Bongo in a coup at the end of August.

Radio France Internationale

Coup in Gabon: On the trends in Africa

In Africa, traditional regimes are coming under increased pressure from within and a generation of risk-taking generals are making swift moves to grab power

The Hindu

Gabon coup has been years in the making: 3 key factors that ended the Bongo dynasty

The recent military intervention that put an end to the Bongo family’s 56-year hold on power in Gabon has been many years in the making.

The Conversation

Gabon's new leader sworn in as transitional president

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who ousted former President Ali Bongo in a coup last week, was sworn in as transitional president this morning in Libreville.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon coup leader sworn in as 'transitional' head of state

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon's 55-year-old ruling dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising "free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe.

France 24

The Observer view on Gabon: the coup poses a new threat to democracy in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered an alarming spate of military takeovers since 2020

The Guardian - UK

Coup in Gabon: Ali Bongo the eighth west African leader to be ousted by military in two years

Gabon’s prime minister, Ali Bongo, has become the latest in a string of African leaders to be ousted by a military coup in recent years. Bongo, who had just won a third term in power, was ousted by a junta of senior officers who have named General Brice Oligui Nguema…

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Al Jazeera

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

Ossa said the military takeover was ‘a palace revolution, not a coup’ staged to keep the Bongo family in power in Gabon.

Al Jazeera

Season of putsch: Why have coups become popular in Africa?

Military leaders are exploiting disenchantment with democratic leadership amid deteriorating economic conditions.

The Independent UK

Gabon's opposition candidate alleges the ousted president's family is behind a plot to retain power

Gabon’s opposition candidate alleges that the family of the recently ousted president was behind a plot to keep them in power after more than five decades of rule over the oil-rich Central African nation

Al Jazeera

Has Gabon’s ‘all-powerful’ Bongo dynasty really lost its 55-year grip?

The coup may have ended the reign of Ali Bongo’s immediate family, but it’s still about the elite preserving itself.

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African Union suspends Gabon following Ali Bongo ouster

Military rulers in Gabon were on Friday digesting the decision of the African Union (AU) to suspend the country from the regional bloc following the overthrow of President Ali Bongo.

France 24

Are Gabon politicians really fleeing with suitcases full of cash? We debunk viral videos

In the aftermath of Wednesday's coup in Gabon, videos have emerged that appear to show officials being caught red-handed with suitcases stuffed full of cash. Emerald Maxwell takes a look at what we know about the arrest of several people in the entourage of Gabon's deposed president Ali Bongo for…

France 24

South Africa: Over 70 killed in Johannesburg fire

In tonight's Eye on Africa: In South Africa, scores of people die in Johannesburg after a fire at an abandoned apartment block that housed dozens of homeless people. Also, the African Union suspends Gabon after Wednesday's coup d'état, in which the elite Republican Guard placed President Ali Bongo under house…

Al Jazeera

African Union suspends Gabon’s membership after military coup

The body said it ‘strongly condemns the military takeover’ that resulted in the ouster of President Ali Bongo Ondimba.

France 24

African Union to ‘immediately suspend’ Gabon after military coup ousts Bongo

The African Union's Peace and Security Council said Thursday it had decided to "immediately suspend" Gabon following a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo. The decision came as the junta that took power announced it would respect Gabon’s commitments at home and abroad in a bid to reassure the international…

Radio France Internationale

Who is General Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon's new transitional leader?

A high-ranked military official, Gabon coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema served the ruling Bongo family for decades and was in charge of the elite security unit, the presidential guard.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The coup in Gabon matters for us: it shows the West has failed

A special broadcast on national television shows men in berets, body armour and fatigues. They gather around the podium. The announcement is brief: the armed forces are taking over. Gabon today, Niger last month. It’s the eighth coup in Francophone Africa in three years.

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