Voters in Gabon headed to the polls on Saturday to decide on a new constitution that would pave the way to democratic rule ...

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

Omar Bongo, who was in power for 42 years. When Nguema seized power last year, he promised to restore civilian rule within two years. He has not said whether he will run for president at the end ...

celebrated the news of the president's removal, with several demonstrators saying they were glad the Bongo family was out of power. Bongo took office in 2009 after the death of his father, Omar ...

The president's wife said this week in a post ... along with memories of the secrecy-shrouded death of Bongo's father Omar Bongo in 2009 after decades at the helm -- had sparked numerous rumours ...

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 ...

No mention was made of a stroke but the president had suffered "bleeding which required medical care", Mr Ngouoni said. Ali Bongo succeeded his father Omar Bongo as president in 2009, who governed ...

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

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One year after a bloodless military coup that overthrew Gabon's president Ali Bongo ... acquired before 2009", the year Ali ...