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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes President of Gabon Ali Bongo at the Elysee Palace, June 22, 2023 in Paris
AP / Rafael Yaghobzadeh
2023-09-05, Gulf News
In a dramatic turn of events in August 30, 2023, high-ranking military officers in Gabon took control of the country. This move comes after the country’s election...
FILE - A defaced billboard of Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba is seen on an empty street of Libreville, Gabon, on Aug. 30, 2023. Gabon’s opposition leader accused the family of the recently ousted president of engineering his removal from power in order to retain their control in the oil-rich Central African nation.
AP / Yves Laurent, File
2023-09-04, Xinhua
LIBREVILLE, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Brice Oligui Nguema, president of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), was sworn in as Gabon's...
In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, People walk past a burnt car on the street during a failed coup attempt in Libreville, Gabon
AP / Massassa Bunny Claude
2023-09-04, Eye Witness News
General Brice Oligui Nguema overthrew Gabon's 55-year Bongo dynasty last week, ousting PresidentAli Bongo Ondimba, and will be sworn in as the country's 'transitional...
MENA FN: (MENAFN - The Peninsula) AFPLibreville: The son of Ali Bongo Ondimba and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with corruption and placed in custody, the state prosecutor ... ......
Urdu Point: Three weeks after Ali Bongo Ondimba was overthrown in a coup, one of his sons and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with corruption and placed in custody, the state prosecutor said Wednesday Libreville, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan...
Urdu Point: The son of Ali Bongo Ondimba and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with corruption and placed in custody, the state prosecutor told AFP Wednesday Libreville, (APP - UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 20th Sep, 2023 ) :The son of Ali...
OWP: For the first time in 55 years, a member of the Bongo family is not in charge of Gabon. The eighth coup in three years for former French colonies in Africa has seen former PresidentAli Bongo deposed by the military. President Bongo, who took over the Gabonese...