Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo have been placed under house arrest pending trial on charges of misappropriating public funds Read ...

Military head Oligui Nguema is the strongest candidate, but his ties to the old government have led to criticism.

Gabon’s ex-junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as the country’s fourth president on Saturday, signalling a return to ...

Ali Bongo Ondimba, had secured a third seven-year term with a crushing 64% of the vote. It was hard to see this official result as credible. Ali Bongo, who succeeded his father Omar in 2009 ...

General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was sworn in as president of Gabon Saturday after winning almost 95 percent of votes in ...

Prior to the April 12 election, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema had limited influence over the Bongo family's affairs. His rise to power was marked by the August 2023 coup, which led to the ousting of ...

Former Gabon army general, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, was formally sworn in as Gabon’s president on Saturday, marking the ...

Nguema seized power on 30 August 2023, in a swift military coup staged moments after Gabon’s electoral commission declared Ali Bongo Ondimba the victor. That election, now annulled, was over before ...

Oligui Nguema, 50, the former head of the republican guard, toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba nearly two years ago. He hopes to consolidate his grip on power for a seven-year term in office. After ...

However, following his death in 2009, his son Ali Bongo Ondimba succeeded him amid allegations of electoral fraud and deepening corruption. Despite protests and calls for reform, the Bongo family ...

Nguema has served as Gabon’s transitional president since leading the 2023 coup that ousted former President Ali Bongo Ondimba. His main challenger, Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze, former prime minister ...