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Gabon’s military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema – who in 2023 led a coup that ended a near-60-year dynasty – has won Saturday’s presidential election with more than 90% of the vote, provisional results show. Ahead of the vote, critics argued that the new constitution and electoral code were designed …

Gabon’s president has called on “friends all over the world” to “make noise” over the coup in Gabon, in a clip that’s been circulating on social media. Sitting in what he says is his residence – in a grand room complete with wood-panelled walls, ornate carpets and leather-bound books – …

A coup has happened in Gabon as a group of senior military officers took over the government. The coup in Gabon becomes the seventh coup in Africa since 2019. According to media reports early Wednesday, the senior military officers made this known through an announcement on national television.   COUP …

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to the role of vice president and named a new PM to replace her, his secretary-general said. The announcements were made on Monday. Former Defence Minister Ossouka Raponda, 59, who had been appointed premier …

Ex-Ghana defender Anthony Baffoe has charged the Black Stars to put up a heart-on-the-sleeves performance in their must-win Group C clash against Gabon at the Africa Cup of Nations. After losing their opening match 1-0 to Morocco on Monday, the four-time African champions need the three points to revive their …