Gabon’s new military leader has been sworn in as head of state less than a week after ousting the president, who had recently won a third term.

Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup that ended a decades long political dynasty, has been elected president, according to provisional results ...

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Gabon’s National Dialogue, called to pave the way for a return to constitutional order and an end to the 55-year Bongo dynasty, began Tuesday in the central African state.

Gabon’s deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, has been released from house arrest and is free to leave the country for medical treatment, the military which removed him from power last month has ...

Gabon’s former leader Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was ousted in a 2023 military coup and placed under house arrest along with his family, was released from detention and arrived in Luanda, the ...

The coup came as President Ali Bongo, whose family has ruled Gabon for over 55 years, won a third term following Saturday’s elections, which coup leaders say were not ‘credible’.

The wife and son of Gabon's former president have been transferred from prison to house arrest, though it is unclear when they might stand trial for alleged financial crimes, two sources told Reuters.

Gabon: French media hit by ban, internet down, in disputed election. Reporters Without Borders also denounced the fact that foreign journalists had been largely restricted from covering the election.