Gabonese voters head to the polls on April 12 to pick their next president. The pivotal election is a litmus test to ...

The interim president, Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, led the coup that toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who many Gabonese accused of irresponsible governance. Bongo was placed in house ...

"Get a timetable and have an election," Alex Vines, Director of the Africa Programme at Chatham House ... Ali Bongo became president of Gabon in 2009 following the death of his father, Omar Bongo ...

The interim president, Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, led the coup that toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who many Gabonese accused of irresponsible governance. Bongo was placed in house arrest ...

General Bris Oliga Nguema, president of the transitional period of Gabon, read on national television in a statement saying that Ali ben Bongo Ondimba is free to move PRETORIA, September 7.

Omar Bongo Ondimba came to power seven years after Gabon's independence from France in 1960, ruling for nearly 42 years. On his death in 2009, his son Ali was elected, winning re-election in 2016 ...