October 12, 2023
Gabon: Former Gabon First Lady Arrested
Former Gabon first lady, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba was arrested late on Wednesday, October 11, according to AFP. Read more »
September 21, 2023
Gabon: Son of Deposed Gabon Leader Bongo Charged With Treason, Corruption
The son of former Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, as well as some of his associates, were charged with high treason and corruption, and are being held in detention, AFP… Read more »
September 07, 2023
Gabon: Former President Free to Travel Abroad, Junta Says
Gabon’s former president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, has been released, the military junta ruling the country has said. Read more »
August 30, 2023
Gabon: Army Officers Appear on Television, Say They Have Claimed Power
A group of senior military officers have gone on national television in Gabon saying they have seized power, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
Gabon: President Ali Bongo Declared Winner of Election
President Ali Bongo has won a third term in the presidential election with 64.27% of the vote, the Gabonese Election Centre (CGE) said on Wednesday August 30, 2023. Read more »
July 10, 2023
Gabon: President Bongo of Gabon Confirms Candidacy for August Elections
In an effort to maintain his family's 56-year hold on power in Gabon, President Ali Bongo announced on Sunday that he will seek for re-election in August, reports Reuters. Read more »
September 19, 2022
Gabon: Opposition Leader Arrested With Suitcases Full of Banknotes
The former president of the Gabonese National Assembly, Guy Nzouba-Ndama, was arrested on Saturday, September 17, with suitcases filled more than a billion CFA francs, according to… Read more »
August 31, 2022
Gabon: Gabon Striker Aubameyang Robbed In Spain
According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, FC Barcelona striker and Gabonese international Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 33, and his wife Alysha Behague, 36, were violently… Read more »
December 01, 2021
Africa: Moves Afoot to Take DR Congo From Exporting Cobalt, To Manufacturing Batteries
Translated from French by Michael Tantoh from original interview by allAfrica's Bacary Dabo Read more »
October 04, 2021
Africa: New Global Probe Exposes African Leaders' Secret Offshore Wealth
A number of African leaders have been named by an international consortium of journalists as secretly owning assets overseas which show some of them to be enormously wealthy… Read more »
October 07, 2019
Gabon: President Bongo Makes Rare Public Appearance
Gabonese President Ali Bongo made a surprise appearance at a stadium in the country's capital Libreville on Saturday October 5, 2019, Bloomberg reports. Read more »
May 13, 2019
Africa: Three Players Share EPL Golden Boot Award
Three African players are the top goalscorers in the English Premier League this season, reports Soccer Laduma. Read more »
January 07, 2019
Gabon: Govt Announces Arrest of Soldiers Attempting Coup
Most of the soldiers who seized the headquarters of national radio in Libreville have been arrested, according to a government spokesperson. He said another one is on the run,… Read more »
Gabon: Soldiers Seize Radio Station in Attempted Coup - Reports
Soldiers in the Gabon army are being reported to be attempting a coup after taking over a radio station in the capital of Libreville. Read more »
November 13, 2018
Gabon: Presidency Denies Ali Bongo is Dead
Gabonese presidential spokesperson has finally revealed how President Ali Bongo is faring. The president was admitted to hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 24. Read more »
October 11, 2018
Gabon: Legislative and Municipal Elections - Another Bad Outing for Opposition
While the electoral body has not yet published the results of last weekends legislative and local elections, trends from polling stations indicate a high absentee rate. A situation… Read more »
September 14, 2018
Africa: Africans Live A Decade Longer Than in 1990, But...
The level of human development in Sub-Saharan Africa, judged by how long people live for, how well they are educated and how much they earn, has improved by more than a third in… Read more »
June 23, 2017
Gabon: Who's Got the Funk? Ali Bongo's Got the Funk!
French magazine Jeune Afrique has revealed the secrets of some African presidents before they took power, reports Cameroon Info. Read more »
February 07, 2017
Africa: Five Key Takeaways from AFCON2017
The 2017 African Nations Cup finals are a thing of the past, and Cameroon were crowned worthy winners with their final victory over Egypt on Sunday. Read more »
January 24, 2017
Africa: Woeful Football Pitches Lead to #AFCON2017 Controversy
The relatively high number of injuries at this year's African Nations Cup finals has coaches fretting and Ghana's Avram Grant says he knows what is to blame - the poor pitches in… Read more »
January 20, 2017
Gabon/Cameroon: Cameroon Shatters Host Gabon's #AFCON2017 Dream
Hosts Gabon's worst fears came true on Sunday night when the country was bundled out of the 2017 African Nations Cup following a 0-0 draw with Cameroon in Libreville. Read more »
January 21, 2017
Cameroon/Gabon: Last Chance for Gabon At Afcon
Hosts Gabon face their date with destiny on Sunday when they take on Cameroon in their final Group A clash at the African Nations Cup finals in Libreville. Read more »
January 18, 2017
Gabon/Burkina Faso: Gabon Coach Hopeful of Reaching Next Round Despite Draw
Gabon coach Jose Antonio Camacho has called for calm after his side played to a second successive 1-1 draw at the African Nations Cup finals on Wednesday night, putting their hopes… Read more »
January 17, 2017
Gabon/Burkina Faso: AFCON Hosts Face Top-Class Burkinabe Side
The reaction of fans and the media in Gabon to their side's opening 1-1 draw with Guinea-Bissau at the 2017 African Nations Cup finals has been one of despair, but fortunes can… Read more »
January 16, 2017
Africa: 5 Things We Learnt From AFCON Opening Weekend
The opening weekend of the 2017 African Nations Cup finals in Gabon is done and dusted, and as expected there are a number of talking points to come out of the matches.AllAfrica… Read more »