Browsing: Gabon

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…

The Central African regional bloc has suspended Gabon’s membership in response to last week’s coup that ousted President Ali Bongo. The bloc, the Economic Community of…

The President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that his government will sanction the plotters of the Gabon coup until its return to democratic order.…

Brigadier General Oligui Nguema is a Gabonese military official who is currently the Commander-in-Chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard, the Committee for the Transition and Restoration…

Gabon’s coup seems to have provided a glimmer of hope to the country’s primary opposition party. The party expressed its gratitude to the military for resisting…

The African Union’s Peace and Security Council announced on Thursday that it had chosen to “immediately suspend” Gabon following this week’s military coup. The organisation conveyed…

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon have declared their republican guard chief as the country’s leader on Wednesday, August 30th. The coup leaders announced on Gabon’s state TV…

Gabonese coup leaders named a general transitional president on Wednesday after seizing power after disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled…