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Gabon pulls plug on Facebook and TikTok amid anti-government protests

Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok were no longer available in Gabon on Wednesday, AFP journalists and a watchdog said, after regulators suspended them over security concerns amid anti-government protests.

Radio France Internationale

Elections, coups and crackdowns: Africa's mixed democratic record in 2025

Across Africa, contested ballots, violent crackdowns, coups d’état and military transitions morphing into long-term rule combined to make 2025 a year in which, as one analyst tells RFI, "the law of the strongest has become commonplace".

Radio France Internationale

Why some African countries are prone to military takeovers

It had become a familiar scene in West Africa

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Ousted Gabon leader's wife and son sentenced to 20 years for graft

A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the former first lady and son of the oil-rich country's deposed leader Ali Bongo to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon court sentences former first lady and president's son to 20 years in prison

Gabon's former first lady and her son have been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison

The Independent UK

Wife and son of ex-Gabon ruler sentenced to 20 years in prison over 'corruption' case

Noureddin Bongo and his mother Sylvia say they have been convicted in a ‘show trial’ after being tortured in detention in Gabon

Evening Standard

Wife, son of ex Gabon leader Ali Bongo on trial over treason, corruption

The wife and son of former Gabonese president Ali Bongo, along with eleven of their close associates who held key positions at the end of his presidency, go on trial in Gabon on Monday, charged with treason and corruption.

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'We knew that whatever happened, our truth would come out': How Noureddin Bongo used spy glasses in prison to film captors

In part three of The Standard’s interview with Noureddin Bongo, he speaks about the secret device he smuggled into prison which enabled him to record his captors

Evening Standard

‘They tortured me for things which are completely false': son of ex-Gabon leader's two-year nightmare

In part two of The Standard’s interview with Noureddin Bongo, we look in detail at the allegations against him in Gabon and the torture he endured.

Evening Standard

The old Etonian, his president father and his imprisonment and brutal torture in an African jail

In the first of an exclusive three-part series, Noureddin Bongo tells Claudia Cockerell about his hell after his family were ousted in a coup in Gabon

Evening Standard

Bongo family accuses Gabonese authorities of torture in French court

The Bongo family, the former rulers of Gabon, have provided video evidence before a French court on allegations of torture and arbitrary detention, following their ousting in the country's 2023 military coup.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon Ex-junta Chief Oligui Sworn In After Election Win

Gabon's Brice Oligui Nguema, whose coup ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo family, took oath as president on Saturday before a packed stadium and more than a dozen African leaders.

International Business Times

Gabon swears in ex-military chief Oligui as president

The former general, who led coup that ended Bongo family’s 55-year rule, swept the elections last month.

Al Jazeera

Gabon military leader Oligui Nguema elected president by huge margin

Gabon's junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema has romped his way to victory in the first presidential election since he took power in a 2023 coup, with provisional results giving him more than 90 percent of the vote.

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Al Jazeera

Gabon military leader Brice Oligui Nguema wins presidential election

After his win, Nguema tells Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview, he will ‘restore dignity to the Gabonese people’.

Al Jazeera

Gabon votes in first presidential election since the 2023 coup

Military leader Brice Oligui Nguema looks to cement his grip on power in national vote.

International Business Times

Junta Chief Frontrunner As Gabon Holds First Election Since 2023 Coup

Gabonese voters began casting ballots on Saturday in a presidential election with eight candidates that is widely expected to make junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema the oil-rich central African country's first elected leader since his 2023 coup.

Al Jazeera

Gabon’s first election after collapse of Bongo dynasty: What’s at stake?

Military head Oligui Nguema is the strongest candidate, but his ties to the old government have led to criticism.

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Coup leader favourite to win as Gabon heads to the polls, hoping for change

Gabon stands at a political crossroads this weekend, as the nation heads to the polls for its first presidential election since the 2023 military coup – a vote that could mark a clean break from decades of dynastic rule, or entrench a familiar power under a new guise.

The Guardian - UK

Coup leader favourite in presidential race as Gabon goes to the polls

Self-styled anti-corruption crusader Brice Nguema helped overthrow Bongo family dynasty in August 2023

Radio France Internationale

Who are the candidates in Gabon's post-coup presidential election?

In Gabon, the electoral campaign is in full swing ahead of the presidential election on 12 April, with eight candidates in the running. Who are these seven men and one woman?

TechRadar

Gabon elections – "We urge authorities to ensure unrestricted access to the internet"

While internet access in Gabon has been stable ever since, the 2023 elections were plagued by restrictions and shutdowns. This is why digital rights advocates are urging the government to continue this trend on Saturday.

The Conversation

Gabon elections: why a landmark vote won’t bring real change

The upcoming elections in Gabon will test whether the country is on a firm democratic footing, or whether it will be business as usual with military men in control, but under the guise of democratic choice.

Al Jazeera

Gabon heads for April 12 presidential polls in bid to end military rule

Interim leader Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a military coup in August 2023, is expected to run for president.

The Conversation

Freemasons, homosexuals and corrupt elites in Cameroon – inside an African conspiracy theory

An unusual and fascinating new book has been written by two anthropologists, called Conspiracy Narratives from Postcolonial Africa: Freemasonry, Homosexuality, and Illicit Enrichment. It explores an ongoing conspiracy theory in Cameroon and neighbouring Gabon that corrupt elites spread homosexuality through their connections to secret orders like the Freemasons. They trace…

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