A military officer who seized power but promised to step down is expected to win the presidential vote on Saturday.

Nineteen months after overthrowing President Ali Bongo, whose family ruled Gabon for more than half a century, Brice Oligui ...

The military general previously served as aide-de-camp to Omar Bongo before he was posted overseas to the embassies in Morocco and Senegal. He thereafter returned to lead the elite Royal Guard ...

The oil-rich central African nation of Gabon on Saturday will hold its first presidential election since a 2023 military coup ...

Brice Oligui Nguema had promised to relinquish power after he led a coup in 2023. He now is set to lead the oil-rich country ...

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema (50): As head of the Royal Guard, Nguema led the coup that overthrew former President Ali Bongo, ...

Whoever wins the upcoming presidential election, Gabon’s people will see a new government run by members of the former one.

He is a former aide-de-camp to Ali Bongo's father Omar Bongo, who served as president for more than 40 years until his death in 2009.

He has accused Nguema, who led the Republican Guard in the Bongo years, of representing a continuity of the old system. Nguema formerly served as an aide-de-camp to Omar Bongo before becoming ...

ending a 55-year political dynasty begun by Bongo's father, Omar Bongo. Nguema hopes to consolidate his grip on power for a seven-year term in office. Bilie-By-Nze, who served as prime minister to ...

ending a 55-year political dynasty begun by Bongo's father, Omar Bongo. Nguema hopes to consolidate his grip on power for a seven-year term in office. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...