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In response to last week’s coup, the regional group for Central Africa known as Eccas claims to have suspended Gabon’s membership. Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, the leader of the coup, was sworn in as interim president earlier on Monday. He assumed control shortly after Ali Bongo’s third term as president …

El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba December 30, 1935 – June 8, 2009, was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon for almost 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon’s first President Léon M’ba …

Following this week’s military coup, the African Union’s Peace and Security Council declared that it had resolved to “immediately suspend” Gabon. The organisation announced its decision to “immediately suspend Gabon’s participation in all activities of the AU, its organs, and institutions” and its “strong condemnation of the military takeover of …

Moussa Faki Mahamat, the president of the African Union Commission, declared on Wednesday that he “strongly condemns” what he called a coup attempt in Gabon. In the oil-rich nation of central Africa, rebel officers stated earlier on Wednesday that they had taken control of the country following disputed elections in …

After winning the election on Saturday, President Ali Bongo was overthrown in a military coup in Gabon. In an election that the opposition said was highly contested, Bongo, who took office after the passing of his father in 2009, was elected for a third term. According to reports, soldiers in …

Ali Bongo Ondimba, the president of the oil-rich African nation of Gabon, declared on Sunday that he would run for a third term in office. “I officially announce today that I am a candidate,” he told a crowd of supporters in a speech broadcast live on his Facebook page. In …