Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup in Gabon ending decades of Bongo family rule and swept the election last month with nearly 95 percent of the vote, has been sworn in as the country’s president.

Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema has been sworn in as the fourth president of Gabon, marking the end of a nearly two-year political transition following the 2023 military coup.

Almost two years since the military coup d’état, Gabon has restored civilian rule, albeit under the leadership of a former ...

The family's release comes after Angolan President João Lourenço, who currently heads the African Union, visited Libreville ...

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup, won the Central African nation’s April 12 presidential election. Oligui Nguema won the election with 58,074 ...

The former president of Gabon who was ousted in a 2023 coup has been allowed to leave the country and has flown to Angola ...

Former president Ali Bongo and his family have arrived in Luanda, the Angolan capital, after they were released by the ...

Before a full return to constitutional order, Gabon still has to set up legislative elections, which, Oligui announced Saturday, would take place in the autumn. "From now on, Gabon is a full member of ...

Sylvia and Nourredin Bongo, relatives of Gabon's ex-president, are now under house arrest amid allegations of financial ...

Ali Bongo, who was ousted from the presidency in a coup in 2023, has arrived in Angola with his family. Their release is the result of an agreement between Angolan president João Lourenço and Gabon's ...

LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - The wife and son of Gabon's former president have been transferred from prison to house arrest, though ...

According to the Bongo family’s lawyer, François Zimeray, their release was a result of “long-term efforts both from judicial ...