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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

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 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.

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Gabon’s new military leader paraded through streets of capital

People seen celebrating in Libreville amid resentment against upstaged 55-year-long dynastic rule

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Gabon's turn: Will latest Africa coup mark end of Bongo family dynasty?

Soldiers in Gabon popped up on television in the pre-dawn hours to announce they had overthrown President Ali Bongo, just one hour after election results in the dead of night gave him a third term in office. We ask about the latest developments and who's in charge in Libreville.

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…

France 24

Gabon coup leaders to meet and decide Bongo fate, new leader

Brice Nguema, leader of the Republican Guard and relative to President Bongo, did not confirm his whereabouts.

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Gabon coup – live: Military says president Ali Bongo under house arrest after ‘seizing power’

Gabon military claims to have taken control of country as gun fire heard ringing out in capital Libreville

The Independent UK

Elections in Gabon expected to maintain Bongo family's grip on power

Gabon goes to the polls on Saturday for general elections that the ruling party and its leader, President Ali Bongo Ondimba, are once again expected to win. The Bongo family has controlled the country's politics since the 1960s and is determined to hold on to power, as recent intimidation tactics…

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Russian captain, 2 Georgians taken by pirates off Gabon

Libreville (AFP) - The Russian skipper of a US-owned bulk carrier was kidnapped along with two of his officers, both Georgian, when their vessel was attacked by pirates outside a Gabonese port, officials said Wednesday.

AFP

At least 21 confirmed dead in Gabon ferry accident

Search teams in Gabon have recovered the dead bodies of 15 passengers of a ferry that sank off the West African country's coast last week, bringing the provisional death toll up to 21, the coordinator of rescue operations said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Earth’s ‘green lung’ rainforests take centre stage at talks in Gabon

The sixth annual One Planet Summit begins on Wednesday, with the fate of forests at the top of the agenda. Politicians, scientists and NGOs will meet in Libreville, Gabon, to discuss the future of rainforests in the Congo basin, Southeast Asia and the Amazon basin – and whether countries in…

France 24

Bongo, Macron host Gabon summit to protect and promote tropical forests

A two-day event tasked with promoting the critical environmental role played by the world's rainforests has gotten underway in the Gabonese capital Libreville. The One Forest Summit is shining a light on the Congo Basin forests in particular – which are under-researched and underfunded despite being a major frontier against…

Radio France Internationale

Moroccan King, Gabonese President Discuss Bilateral Ties

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has started an African tour that includes Gabon. The King is expected to visit Senegal on Monday where he would meet President Macky Sall, according to Asharq Al-Awsat sources. King Mohammed VI held talks on Wednesday with Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba at the Presidential Palace…

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Sao Tome to probe 'inhumane acts' in aftermath of attempted coup

Libreville (AFP) - Sao Tome on Thursday ordered an investigation into allegations that soldiers committed "cruel, degrading and inhumane acts" against detainees accused of seeking to mount a coup in the tiny African state.

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Four killed in Sao Tome's failed coup bid: state media

Libreville (AFP) - Four people were killed in a failed coup attempt on Sao Tome, the state news agency STP-Press said on Sunday reporting a toll from the armed forces chief of staff.

AFP

Teodoro Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's iron-fisted ruler

Libreville (AFP) - Confirmed for a sixth term as president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled oil-rich Equatorial Guinea since August 1979, overseeing a regime notorious for crushing dissent and fearing coups.

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India committed to be Gabon's reliable partner, says Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

Venkaiah Naidu arrived in Libreville on the first leg of his three-nation tour of Gabon, Senegal and Qatar

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Ukraine war boosts Africa's humanitarian emergency: UN official

Libreville (AFP) - The war in Ukraine is heaping further pressure on Africa's fast-growing population of vulnerable people, a UN refugee official says.

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C.Africa's leap into bitcoin leaves its people bemused

Libreville (AFP) - In the Central African Republic (CAR), nine out of 10 people do not have internet, and only one in seven has electricity -- that is, when there are no power cuts.

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