Omar Bongo
Gabon TV Host Suspended After Bongo ‘death’ Blunder
A newsreader for Gabon state television has been taken off the air after mistakenly announcing the death of President...
Gabon President Launches ‘dialogue’ After Election Unrest
Gabonese President Ali Bongo launched a forum Tuesday of political and social groups on resolving a crisis sparked by...
Gabon Opposition Rejects President’s Call For Talks To Ease Tensions
Gabonese President Ali Bongo has offered to hold talks with opposition parties in an apparent bid to ease tensions over...
Africa Is Young, Why Are Its Leaders So Old?
There is something unmistakably common in Africa: the continent's aging and long-serving presidents. Its five longest...
Hackers Shut Down Africa Cup of Nations Website
A group of hackers claim to have shut down the website of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in protest at...
Tension In Gabon As 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Tournament Looms
With an air of unease hanging over the tournament, the African Cup of Nations soccer competition returns to Gabon for...
An Imminent Financial Peril??
Mr. Mervyn King, former head of the United Kingdom's Bank of England, recently stated that another financial crisis is...
Ghana Decides Today
By Akwasi Brobbey The political process does not end on election day. Young people need to stay involved in the process...
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 in...
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...
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...
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 Ping Declares Himself President After Post-Poll Riots
Gabonese opposition candidate Jean Ping declared himself president on Friday, after a disputed election that triggered...
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 Braces For Results In Tense Election
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon braced for possible violence Tuesday as the country awaited official results of a bitterly...