A group of senior Gabonese army officers appeared on national television Wednesday morning and declared they had seized power. It comes minutes after the state electoral body announced that President Ali Bongo was elected for a third term. Appearing on the Gabon 24 television channel, the officers said they represented …
Read More »Three French media suspended in Gabon after election
Authorities in Gabon have temporarily suspended French state media stations TV5 Monde, France 24 and Radio France International (RFI) for lacking objectivity and balance in the treatment of information relating to Saturday’s general election. French public radio RFI had said there were concerns of a post-electoral crisis amid an internet …
Read More »Gabon: presidential election date announced
Gabonese people are called to the polls on August 26, according to the draft calendar published by the Gabonese Election Center (CGE). Incumbent President Ali Bongo is still keeping his candidacy for a third term under wraps. But the Centre Gabonais des Elections (CGE) has already announced the draft electoral …
Read More »Gabonese react after announcement of Ali Bongo’s candidacy
The announcement of President Ali Bongo last Saturday during the commemoration of the 54th anniversary of his party did not leave the Gabonese indifferent. Ali Bongo said in particular that in 2023 he will be there. A way of saying that he will be a candidate for the presidential election …
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 …
Read More »Gabon mourns its former PM Casimir Oye Mba
Casimir Oye Mba, the former Gabonese Prime Minister from 1990 to 1994 is no more. He died after contracting the coronavirus, his family announced. According to the Xinhua news agency, he was hospitalized for a week in Libreville, the country’s capital, but was then rushed to France as the situation …
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