Browsing: Gabon

In a legal twist, a second-hand dealer triumphs in retaining the €4.2m (£4.6m; $3.6m) proceeds from selling a rare Ngil mask discovered in the attic of…

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, the wife of Gabon’s deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, has been formally charged with money laundering and other offences, according to a…

Gabon’s recently appointed prime minister, Raymond Ndong Sima, who assumed office following a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo, has announced plans for a “national dialogue”…

The Biden administration on Tuesday stopped the majority of non-humanitarian aid, following a military coup in Gabon last month, at least the second in an African country this year. “We are pausing certain foreign assistance programs that benefit the government of Gabon while we evaluate the unconstitutional intervention by members of the country’s military,” US

Noureddin Bongo Valentin, the son of Gabon’s recently ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, along with several associates closely linked to the former leader, has been charged…

Gabon has been placed under partial suspension from the Commonwealth following a military coup that unseated President Ali Bongo. This decision was reached during a meeting…

Gabon’s Prime Minister, Raymond Ndong Sima, has said that a two-year military rule by the new transition government is a reasonable objective. The newly-elected Prime Minister…

Raymond Ndong Sima, a former opposition leader, was chosen to lead Gabon’s transitional administration after the military took control last week in a coup. Sima, a…

Gabon’s transitional president, General Brice Oligui Nguema, announced on Thursday that he had appointed Raymond Ndong Sima, an economist and vocal opponent of President Ali Bongo,…

The leaders of the military coup in Gabon have released ousted President Ali Bongo and granted him permission to fly overseas for medical treatment. Col. Ulrich…