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Gabon to end transition in August 2025 with new elections
In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, People watch as Gabonese police patrol the street during a failed coup attempt in Libreville, Gabon
AP / Massassa Bunny Claude
2023-11-14, Xinhua
LIBREVILLE, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Gabon's Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), chaired by transitional President Brice Oligui Nguema,...
Gabon: U.S. Formally Concludes That a Military Coup Took Place in Gabon
This video grab shows coup supporters cheering police officers in Libreville, Gabon, Wednesday Aug. 30, 2023. Mutinous soldiers speaking on state television announced that they had seized power in and were overturning the results of a presidential election that had seen Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba extend his family's 55-year hold on power. ( AP Photo/Betiness Mackosso)
AP
2023-10-24, All Africa
The United States has suspended most financial assistance to the central African country of Gabon in response to August's military takeover. ......
Wife of Gabon's deposed leader Ali Bongo jailed: lawyer
Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic and his wife Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, arrive for a dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014
AP / Susan Walsh
2023-10-12, Eye Witness News
Sylvia Bongo OndimbaValentin, suspected of allegedly embezzling public funds, was jailed late on Wednesday, her lawyer Francois Zimeray told AFP, condemning the...
World Bank’s Gabon Economic Update 2024 Proposes Policy Options to Promote Forest Conservation and Optimize Fiscal Revenues (World Bank Group)2024-10-14
Public Technologies: ) LIBREVILLE, October 14th, 2024 - Released today by the World Bank, the Gabon Economic Update 2024 presents fiscal policy reforms to optimize fiscal revenues while allowing Gabon to advance the green growth potential of its wood industry. Titled Designing...