Jean Ping
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 to take his claim...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 African...
Gabon Parliament Set Ablaze After Bongo Declared Winner
Libreville (AFP) - Angry protesters torched Gabon's parliament Wednesday after President Ali Bongo was declared winner...
Gabon Security Forces Attempt To Storm Opposition HQ
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon security forces were attempting to storm the opposition headquarters early Thursday, leaving...
Gabon Braces For Results In Tense Election
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon braced for possible violence Tuesday as the country awaited official results of a bitterly...
Gabon On Edge As It Waits For Election Results
Libreville (AFP) - Security forces deployed on the deserted streets of Libreville Tuesday as Gabon awaited official...
Opposition Candidate Lays Claim To Presidency Win
Gabon's opposition presidential candidate Jean Ping has claimed victory over incumbent President Ali Bongo, whose...