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France welcomes Gabon's Oligui as mineral and military ties defy African rift

Gabon's President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema begins a three-day official visit to France on Monday, underlining the close relationship between Paris and one of its few remaining key allies in Francophone Africa.

Radio France Internationale

Africans accuse Trump of chasing minerals and mocking their presidents

People across Africa have hit out at this week’s high-profile summit between Donald Trump and five African leaders, saying the US president showed little respect during a White House lunch and is only chasing the continent’s minerals.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon military leader Oligui Nguema elected president by huge margin

Gabon's junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema has romped his way to victory in the first presidential election since he took power in a 2023 coup, with provisional results giving him more than 90 percent of the vote.

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Gabon’s first election after collapse of Bongo dynasty: What’s at stake?

Military head Oligui Nguema is the strongest candidate, but his ties to the old government have led to criticism.

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Gabon's Military Leader To Run For President In April

Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema announces candidacy for Gabon's presidential election after leading a military coup. Challenges of income inequality pers...

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Gabon votes yes on new constitution a year after the military seized power

Authorities in Gabon say voters have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation

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Gabon votes on a new constitution after the military seized power last year

Gabon is holding a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than a year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation

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Business, security on agenda as Gabon's transitional president visits France

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon's interim president, begins his first official visit to France this Tuesday with an entourage of several ministers and will be received by President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace.

Radio France Internationale

The U.S. has suspended some aid to Gabon after the military takeover

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a "pause in certain foreign assistance programs" to Gabon pending a review of the circumstances that led to the ouster of the country's former leader.

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US suspends aid to Gabon after military takeover

The Biden administration has suspended most non-humanitarian aid to Gabon after a military takeover in the country last month that was at least the second this year in an African nation

The Independent UK

Gabon’s junta says deposed president is 'freed' and can travel on a medical trip

Gabon’s junta says the country’s ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since he was deposed last week, is now free and can travel on a medical trip

The Independent UK

Gabon’s military says deposed President Ali Bongo ‘free’ to travel abroad

Bongo’s release comes after General Nguema was sworn in as Gabon’s new head of state.

Al Jazeera

Gabon coup leader Nguema sworn in as transitional head of state

Nguema took the oath in the presidential palace in Gabon’s capital Libreville and promised credible elections.

Al Jazeera

Gabon's military leader is sworn in as head of state after ousting the president last week

Gabon’s new military leader has been sworn in as the head of state less than a week after ousting the president whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades

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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

France 24

Coup leaders detain President Ali Bongo, appoint general to lead Gabon's 'transition'

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive embezzlement during his long-time rule over the oil-rich Central African nation.

France 24

Coup attempt in Gabon: A ‘feeling of liberation’ but also ‘concerns for democracy’

When leading military figures in Gabon announced on August 30 that they had placed President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest in a bid to remove him from power after 14 years, thousands of Gabonese took to the streets to demonstrate their support for the military. Videos show demonstrators singing…

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