Musalia Mudavadi’s political silence sparks concern as rivals rise and his grip on Western Kenya fades. Is his international ...

President Paul Biya’s advisers – including Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, Jean-Claude Awala Wodougué and Luc Sindjoun – quietly draft major changes as presidential elections loom. The idea of constitutional ...

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

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 ...

At 92, Paul Biya, Africa’s second-longest-serving leader, announced in January that he would seek his eighth presidential term in the October elections, ending months of speculation over his candidacy ...

He campaigned on an anti-corruption ticket. He has also emphasized the need to break from the dynasty of Omar Bongo Ondimba and his son and successor Ali Bongo, who together ruled Gabon for more ...

He served as aide-de-camp to Ali Bongo's father Omar Bongo, whose presidency extended over four decades and only ended with his death in 2009. Oligui Nguema should serve a seven-year term, subject ...

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 ...

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.