Junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema celebrated a huge victory in Gabon’s presidential election on Sunday after provisional results gave him 90.35 per cent of the vote. Oligui, who ended more than ...

The ANC was led by Luthuli at the time of his death in 1967. According to official sources at the time, a cargo train struck him. However, his family has a different opinion.

Mr Nguema’s election win cements his hold on power, nearly two years after orchestrating the ouster of President Bongo, whose family had ruled Gabon uninterrupted since 1967. It also grants him ...

Oligui led the Aug. 30, 2023, putsch that ended 55 years of dynastic rule by the Bongo family, who were accused of looting Gabon’s wealth. “I am very confident. May the best man win,” said Oligui, who ...

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Nineteen months after overthrowing President Ali Bongo, whose family ruled Gabon for more than half a century, Nguema, 50, has pitched himself as a change agent cracking down on the corrupt old guard.

Gabonese headed to the polls yesterday to pick the next president of Gabon, where for the first time in decades a Bongo family member is not on the ballot. Former president, Ali Bongo, was forced ...

The election saw voters flock to polling stations on Saturday, in the first election in five decades not under the rule of the Bongo family, whose reign ended with the 2023 coup led by Oligui Nguema.

Nguema's coup in August 2023 ended more than half a century of rule by the Bongo family in Gabon, an oil producer with a population of around 2.5 million. Nguema's most prominent opponent in the ...

Oligui, who ended more than five decades of corruption-plagued rule by the Bongo family in August 2023, assuming the role of transitional president, had promised to return the country to ...

The result cements Nguema's grip on power 19 months after the coup ended more than half a century of rule by the Bongo family in Gabon, an oil producer with a population of around 2.5 million.

The result cements Nguema's grip on power 19 months after the coup ended more than half a century of rule by the Bongo family in Gabon, an oil producer with a population of around 2.5 million.