Gabonese opposition candidate Jean Ping declared himself president on Friday, after a disputed election that triggered two days of post-election riots against President Ali Bongo. Violence erupted...
Algeria on Thursday said it had evacuated nationals working in the oil field of Port-Gentil, in Gabon, after a deterioration of the security situation there. In a statement by the official APS news...
Tensions are simmering in Gabon after two days of violence over the disputed presidential election, with fears growing over more deaths and detentions. Since results were announced on Wednesday,...
The "ring of fire" - an annular eclipse - happens when the moon is far away from Earth during a tran Stargazers in parts of Africa have been treated to a spectacular "ring of fire" in the sky as the...
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's president Ali Bongo was set to be declared winner of last weekend's contested election, electoral commission members said Thursday, in a result that risks inflaming...
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's president Ali Bongo was declared winner Thursday of contested weekend elections, extending half-a-century of rule by the Bongo family which sparked clashes in the Central...
Paris (AFP) - Stargazers in south and central Africa will be treated to a spectacular solar eclipse Thursday when the Moon wanders into view to make the Sun appear as a "ring of fire", astronomers...
Libreville (AFP) - Ali Bongo of Gabon, who has been declared the winner of a disputed election in the central African country, has spent more than half his 57 years in the corridors of power. On...
Libreville (AFP) - President Ali Bongo of Gabon on Wednesday hailed a weekend vote in which his reelection prompted fraud claims and riots in the capital, as "exemplary" and "peaceful and...
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's national assembly was set ablaze Wednesday evening by angry protestors who took to the streets after an announcement that President Ali Bongo had been re-elected, witnesses...
Libreville (AFP) - Angry protesters torched Gabon's parliament Wednesday after President Ali Bongo was declared winner of what he claimed was a "peaceful and transparent" election, but which the...
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon security forces were attempting to storm the opposition headquarters early Thursday, leaving several people injured, party leader Jean Ping told AFP, hours after President...
Interim Rwanda coach Jimmy Mulisa has axed five players from the team that will face Ghana in a Group H-Africa Nations’ qualifier scheduled on September 3 at the Accra Sports Stadium. Mulisa has...
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon braced for possible violence Tuesday as the country awaited official results of a bitterly disputed presidential election, with both frontrunners claiming victory in a vote...
Libreville (AFP) - Security forces deployed on the deserted streets of Libreville Tuesday as Gabon awaited official results of the weekend presidential election that both the incumbent Ali Bongo and...
Sports Minister Nii Lante Vanderpuye has slammed the Black Stars management as 'lazy' for refusing to name a squad full of home-based players for this week's 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier...
Gabon's opposition presidential candidate Jean Ping has claimed victory over incumbent President Ali Bongo, whose family has ruled the oil-rich African nation for nearly half a century. "The decision...
Crystal Palace are understood to be considering a late transfer swoop to sign FC Lorient and Ghana striker Majeed Waris. The window closes on Wednesday evening, but Palace, who have enduring a...
The people of Gabon went to the polls on Saturday to decide whether President Ali Bongo will remain in office or be unseated by a career diplomat and close associate of his late father, who ran the...
The communications director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Sannie Daara, says talks on possible friendlies with the USA and Russia are still in progress.
The spokesman was speaking in the...
