One year after a bloodless military coup that overthrew Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba ending 55 years of family rule, ...

Gabon is holding a constitutional referendum on Saturday that could reshape its political system – introducing a seven-year ...

The new government under General Brice Oligui Nguema accuses them of "manipulating" the weakened head of state after Ali Bongo suffered a stroke in 2018. Lawyers for the Bongo family in May said ...

The Bongo family has governed the oil-rich equatorial African nation for five decades and long maintained close ties with former colonial master France. Diplomatic ties cooled after Ali Bongo was ...

Gabon’s strongman president, Ali Bongo, is barely clinging to power after contested elections, a stroke and a coup attempt. The Bongo family has run this stable central African nation for 52 years.

Meanwhile, deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba was placed under house ... with several demonstrators saying they were glad the Bongo family was out of power. Bongo took office in 2009 after ...

The family strongly denied all the allegations. "Ali Bongo must face justice," Bouloungui Mouanda Ulrich told the BBC in the capital, Libreville. Another resident, Koumbi Anold, said he didn't ...

The August 2023 coup put an end to 55 years of rule by the family of former president Ali Bongo Ondimba. The draft new constitution includes abolishing the post of prime minister and imposing a ...

The draft orders a national liberation day celebrating the end of 55 years of rule by the family of former president Ali Bongo Ondimba, on August 30 last year. The text also includes abolishing ...