Gabon Names New Cabinet After Disputed Presidential Vote
Gabon's new prime minister has named the country's new government after a disputed election that saw President Ali Bongo Ondimba ...
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Gabon President Insists Africa Cup of Nations Is On Course
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon president Ali Bongo has insisted that the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) will go ahead ...
Heavy Security In Tense Gabon After Bongo Re-Election Validated
Libreville (AFP) - Libreville's nearly empty streets were under the watch of a heavy police and military presence on Saturday ...
Gabon’s New President Pledges ‘inclusive Government’
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's President Ali Bongo, newly sworn back into power, on Wednesday appointed a prime minister to form ...
Next Step Unclear For Gabon’s Jean Ping
Gabon’s president Ali Bongo is due to be sworn in on Tuesday after the country’s highest court validated his re-election ...
Gabon’s Bongo Asks National Unity After Re-Election Is Confirmed
Gabon's newly re-elected president, Ali Bongo, said Saturday that he would seek to form a new government based on a ...
Gabon Court Upholds Ali Bongo Election Win
Gabon's constitutional court has upheld President Ali Bongo's election victory, rejecting opposition calls for a recount. There have been fears ...
Search For Gabon’s Missing Goes On, Two Weeks After Poll Violence
More than two weeks after the start of violence prompted by a contested presidential election in Gabon, the search for ...
Thousands Take Part In Pro-Bongo Protests
Thousands of pro-Ali Bongo supporters marched in Gabon’s capital Libreville on Wednesday, as a show of solidarity with the president ...
Decision Time For Ping As Gabon Court Deadline Looms
All eyes in Gabon were on Jean Ping on Thursday, as the opposition leader had only a few hours left ...
Gabon Opposition Leader Urges General Strike After Disputed Election
Gabon's opposition leader appealed on Monday for a general strike in response to what he said was a fraudulent re-election ...
Gabon’s Bongo Shrugs Off Calls For Vote Recount
Gabon's re-elected President Ali Bongo shrugged off international calls for a recount of last week's disputed vote, saying it was ...
Gabon’s Ping Declares Himself President After Post-Poll Riots
Gabonese opposition candidate Jean Ping declared himself president on Friday, after a disputed election that triggered two days of post-election ...
Algeria Evacuates Nationals In Chaotic Gabon
Algeria on Thursday said it had evacuated nationals working in the oil field of Port-Gentil, in Gabon, after a deterioration ...
Tensions Simmer In Gabon Over Disputed Vote Result
Tensions are simmering in Gabon after two days of violence over the disputed presidential election, with fears growing over more ...
Security Forces Storm Opposition HQ After Parliament Set On Fire
Violence has broken out in the Gabonese capital Libreville after President Ali Bongo was declared winner of Saturday's presidential election. ...
Bongo To Be Declared Winner of Gabon Election
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's president Ali Bongo was set to be declared winner of last weekend's contested election, electoral commission ...
Clashes As Gabon’s Bongo Narrowly Wins Re-Election
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's president Ali Bongo was declared winner Thursday of contested weekend elections, extending half-a-century of rule by ...
Dynastic Scion In His Father’s Shadow
Libreville (AFP) - Ali Bongo of Gabon, who has been declared the winner of a disputed election in the central ...
Gabon’s Bongo Hails ‘peaceful and Transparent’ Vote
Libreville (AFP) - President Ali Bongo of Gabon on Wednesday hailed a weekend vote in which his reelection prompted fraud ...