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AfDB Lifts Financial Sanctions Off Gabon After Bongo Removed in Coup
Gabon says the African Development Bank has lifted financial sanctions on it after President Ali Bongo…
Gabon’s New Strongman Continues International Visits, Meets Congo’s Denis…
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, the General and new leader of Gabon met Sunday with Congo’s President Denis…
Military Takeover ‘Lesser Evil’, Gabon’s New PM Ndong Sima Tells…
Gabon's military-installed prime minister on Friday defended the takeover before the United Nations as a…
Analysts: Gabon Coup Different Than Other Recent African Takeovers
NAIROBI — The new leader of Gabon's junta is due to be sworn in as president of the central African republic…
Gabon Coup Shows How France’s Influence on its Former Territories is…
When President Leon Mba of Gabon was toppled by the military in 1964, then-French President Charles de Gaulle …
New Gabon President Gets Show of Support in Congo Trip
Gabon's transitional president, who ousted the leader of the central African country at the end of August,…
Gabon First Lady Charged With Money Laundering
Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon's ousted President Ali Bongo, has been charged with money laundering, receiving…
Gabon Military Leader Sworn in Amid Calls for Return to Constitutional Order
BITAM, NORTHERN GABON — The leader of the coup that ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo was sworn in Monday,…
What to Know About Gabon’s Coup
On August 30, just hours after Gabon’s election commission announced that President Ali Bongo Ondimba had been…
The Coup in Gabon and Lessons for African Leaders
The African continent appears to be in moments of coup ferment. Surprises against the state are not new in these…