Gabon holds a presidential election on Saturday, the first since a 2023 coup ended the Bongo family's 56-year dynasty and ...

including interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who seized power in a military coup in 2023. Although transitional leaders are not usually allowed to run for election, Gabon approved a new ...

A Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) has arrived in Libreville, Gabon to prepare for the nation’s first presidential election ...

Former President of the Republic of Seychelles, His Excellency Danny Faure, has been appointed to lead the Commonwealth ...

Gabon’s Constitutional Court has ratified eight candidates for the upcoming presidential election. The candidates include ...

A new constitution championed ... from a military ruler to a civilian president," he said. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE Nguema, who was the commander of Gabon's Republican Guard at the time of the ...

Oligui, head of the elite Republican Guard, last Wednesday led officers to detain President Ali Bongo ... participation of all of Gabon's "core groups" to draft a new constitution, which "will ...

During his campaign for president, Nze has presented himself as an experienced politician with a pragmatic approach to resolving Gabon's political and economic problems. Despite its oil riches ...

Gabonese interim President Brice Clotaire ... He oversaw a reform of Gabon’s dysfunctional pension system, ratified the adoption by referendum of a new constitution in 2024 and pledged to ...

including interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who seized power in a military coup in 2023. Although transitional leaders are not usually allowed to run for election, Gabon approved a new ...

A Commonwealth Observer Group has arrived in Libreville, Gabon, to prepare for the nation’s first presidential election since ...