The deposed president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, is “free to move” and “can go abroad, if he wishes,” Colonel Ulrich Manfoumbi, putshists spokesman announced on state television. Colonel Ulrich Manfoumbi was reading a press release “signed” by General Oligui, who now heads the transition. Ali Bongo, in power for …
Read More »Coup leaders in Gabon announce that President Ali Bongo is “retired”
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose re-election after 14 years in power had just been announced, has been “retired”, said Wednesday the head of the Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema. Ali Bongo, currently under house arrest, “is retired, he enjoys all his rights. He is a normal Gabonese, like …
Read More »Gabon: six ministers sacked in a major reshuffle
Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba, has carried out a cabinet reshuffle, according to a decree read on national television by Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda on Tuesday. This new government is mainly marked by changes in the Ministers of National Defense and Foreign Affairs. President Ali Bongo entrusted the …
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