Gabon holds a referendum Saturday on a new constitution that the junta calls a "major turning point" after a coup that ...

Gabonese citizens are voting on a new constitution with many positive elements. Many experts have said that if the referendum ...

It was January 1988 and Robert Bourgi was waiting to see the Gabonese president Omar Bongo, in an antechamber at his seaside palace in Libreville. He was there to collect funds for the approaching ...

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Current leader Ali Bongo succeeded his father Omar Bongo as president in 2009. He narrowly won re-election in 2016 in a poll marred by violence and accusations of fraud. The five soldiers took ...

Ali Bongo succeeded his father Omar Bongo as president in 2009, who governed the western African nation for more than 40 years. He narrowly won re-election in 2016 in a poll marred by violence and ...

Some Gabonese say the referendum is being rushed. Ondobo Emmanuel, a history student at Omar Bongo University in the capital, Libreville, said Gabon's transitional government officials should have ...