Gabon's former leader Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was detained after being ousted in a 2023 coup, has been released and gone to Angola with his family, the Angolan presidency said Friday. Bongo ...

Gabon is the latest country to experience a military takeover. Oil-rich and biodiverse, it was ruled by one family for over half a century — until just over a month ago. A contagion is how one ...

The military in Gabon has seized power and placed President Ali Bongo, 64, under house arrest. The takeover came shortly after election results were announced saying Mr Bongo had been re-elected ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was deposed as president of Gabon last week in a coup that ended his family’s decades-long grip on power in the central ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — The leader of the military coup in Gabon last week has been sworn in as the interim president of the Central African country, while the deposed former president remains detained ...

The military leaders who staged a coup in Gabon have freed ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba and he is now allowed to travel abroad, a junta spokesperson said Wednesday. Bongo has reportedly been ...

Army officers who seized power in a coup in Gabon on Wednesday have named Gen Brice Oligui Nguema as the country's transitional leader. Gen Nguema was earlier carried triumphally through the ...

Police in Gabon say a crime wave has hit the capital, Libreville, several days after the country’s transitional president pardoned and set free over 500 prisoners. Civil society groups on ...

Beneath yellow fruit, hidden within the roots of the iboga plant in the forests of Gabon, lies a sacred treasure that the country is keen to make the most of. For centuries, religious devotees ...