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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

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.

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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

‘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

French mining group digs in as Gabon tightens grip on manganese exports

French mining group Eramet has pledged to safeguard over 10,000 jobs in Gabon as Libreville pushes forward with a plan to ban raw manganese exports from 2029.

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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.

Radio France Internationale

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

International Business Times

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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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?

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

The African Union has a poor record of protecting democracy. 2024 was no different

The chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has congratulated the military-led government of Gabon on a successful constitutional referendum. General Brice Oligui Nguema came to power through a coup d’etat in 2023.

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Gabon approves new constitution a year after military seized power

Gabonese voters have given a resounding 'yes' to a new constitution proposed by the country's military rulers. The changes, approved in a referendum on Sunday, include limits to terms in office and prevent family members from succeeding a president.

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Gabon votes in referendum on new constitution after military coup last year

Transitional leader urges voters to back draft charter, which proposes changes that include presidential term limits.

International Business Times

Gabon Votes On New Constitution Hailed By Junta As 'Turning Point'

Gabon holds a referendum Saturday on a new constitution that the junta calls a "major turning point" after a coup that brought the curtain down on 55 years of rule by the Bongo dynasty.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon votes on sweeping changes to its political future

Gabon is holding a constitutional referendum on Saturday that could reshape its political system – introducing a seven-year presidential term, renewable once, while abolishing the post of prime minister. It marks the first vote under the military-led transitional government since a coup ousted longtime leader Ali Bongo in August 2023.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon to hold referendum on new constitution in November

Gabon will hold a referendum on 16 November on a proposed new constitution, a key step towards the return to a civilian regime which the military junta promised after a coup, the transitional government said.

France 24

Gabon marks the first anniversary of its "liberation coup"

Gabonese president Brice Oligui Nguema led events to mark a year since a military coup ended more than half a century of iron-fisted rule by the Bongo dynasty. In an address to the Gabonese people, Nguema said the nation was rebuilding itself around republican values. Our expert guest explores what's…

Al Jazeera

West Africa’s ‘coup belt’: Did Mali’s 2020 army takeover change the region?

At least 10 coup attempts have been recorded in Central and West Africa since the August 2020 military takeover in Mali.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon junta sets August 2025 as 'indicative' election date

Gabon's military leaders who deposed president Ali Bongo in August announced on Monday that elections would be held in August 2025 under a timetable that first foresees national dialogue.

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