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Gabon coup would bring dramatic end to 55 years of Bongo family rule

Gabon is one of the largest producers of oil in Africa, yet much of its 2 million population live in poverty

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Gabon coup: President calls for help as army takes power

Ali Bongo held under house arrest as military claim to have seized power

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2023

Military officers in Gabon say they have seized power

Crowds celebrated in Gabon after mutinous soldiers said they were seizing power to overturn results of a presidential election and remove President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has long held power.

WEKU · Aug 30, 2023

Gabon: Opposition wants to ‘turn the page on the Bongos’ in Aug 26 vote

Ossa, a former minister under Omar Bongo, says the Gabonese want to ‘regain their dignity’ in August 26 election.

Al Jazeera · Aug 24, 2023

Gabon elections: how the Bongo family's 56-year rule has hurt the country and divided the opposition

Gabon’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba (2009-present) recently announced his intention to stand for re-election in the country’s presidential poll scheduled for 26 August. He is, to state the obvious, expected to win.

The Conversation · Aug 17, 2023

France charges five more members of Gabon ruling dynasty in 85m euro fraud case

France has charged five more children of former Gabonese president Omar Bongo in a long-running inquiry into the financing of the late president's real estate empire, said to be worth 85 million euros.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 30, 2022

Siblings locked in bitter court battle for despot dad's fortune - 13 years after he died

Omar Bongo died back in June, 2009, but two of his daughter's are locked in a bitter court battle over the fortune he left behind with one claiming the more than 30 siblings have been fleeced out of their money

Daily Mirror · Jul 27, 2022

France files graft charges against children of late Gabonese leader Omar Bongo

Four children of Gabon's late president Omar Bongo have been charged in France with embezzlement and corruption, a source familiar with the case said on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 22, 2022

‘Insightful and courageous’: Gabon activist Hervé Mombo Kinga dies of Covid

Celebrated blogger had suffered ill health after spending 17 months in prison for speaking out against president Ali Bongo

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2022