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Gabon: Residents Say They Support Junta's Arrest of Ousted Bongo Cabinet
VOA, 21 September 2023
The public in Gabon appears to support the military junta's arrest and detention of the son of ousted president Ali Bongo and members of his cabinet. Military officials in the… Read more »
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Gabon: U.S. Govt Pauses Foreign Assistance Programmes
State Department, 27 September 2023
The U.S. government is pausing certain foreign assistance programs benefiting the government of Gabon while we evaluate the unconstitutional intervention by members of the… Read more »
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Gabon: Son of Deposed Gabon Leader Bongo Charged With Treason, Corruption
allAfrica, 21 September 2023
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 »
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Gabon: Gabon Partially Suspended From the Commonwealth Pending Restoration of Democracy
UK-FCO, 20 September 2023
The 63rd Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) met in New York this week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss developments in member states. Read more »
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Africa: Further Downhill for African Democracy Efforts
CFR, 15 September 2023
Democracy is decidedly worse for wear in Africa following a set of sham elections in Zimbabwe and Gabon, with few bright spots in the upcoming electoral calendar. Read more »
Gabon Protesters Support Junta's Arrest of Bongo Allies
Marches have been held in several towns in a show of solidarity with the junta. Andre-Patrick Roponat, the state prosecutor for Libreville, said several people, including Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, ousted president Ali Bongo's wife and Cabinet members, are under house arrest. Gabon's opposition and civil society groups that support the military junta have said members of Bongo's family are suspected of having real estate empires and stashing huge amounts of money in foreign banks - funds which be used to reduce the gap between the majority poor and the few rich.
InFocus
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The military junta in Gabon led by General Brice Oligui Nguema has set a two-year transition period to democracy and military cooperation with France. Nguema has appointed former ... Read more »
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Gabon's coup leaders have announced the appointment of a prominent opponent to deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba as interim prime minister, following the August 30 military ... Read more »
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General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led military officers in seizing power in Gabon, said the dissolution of the country's institutions was "temporary," amid pressure on the junta to ... Read more »
