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    Brice Oligui Nguema on stage with outstretched hands  during his last electoral campaign.
    News
    14 April 2025

    Brice Oligui Nguema Wins Gabon Presidential Election by a Landslide

    The former military leader had endeared himself to the Gabonese citizenry and was widely expected to win.

    Gabon’s interim head of state Brice Oligui Nguema arrives to attend a Sport for Sustainable Development Summit at the Carrousel du Louvre (Louvre Carrousel) in Paris on July 25, 2024.
    News
    04 March 2025

    Gabon Military Ruler to Run in Presidential Election

    General Brice Oligui Nguema has confirmed speculation, stating that he is running in response to “many appeals” from the Gabonese people.

    Brice Oligui Nguema, the Transitional President of Gabon, chairman of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions and the Commander-in-Chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard, salutes during a military parade for the Gabon Independence Day in Libreville on August 17, 2024.
    Central Africa
    23 January 2025

    Junta-Ruled Gabon Sets Date for Presidential Election

    While Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema hasn’t declared his candidacy, last year’s constitutional referendum highlighted his popularity ahead of the presidential vote.

    General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema greets the people of Gabon who came to cheer him after his inauguration as President of the Transition in Gabon, on 04 August 2023 at the Presidential Palace in Libreville.
    Politics
    19 October 2023

    Gabon's Military Leader Renounces Presidential Salary

    General Brice Nguema has made the decision to forgo presidential pay and claims a new era of accountability and economic reform in Gabon.

    Raymond Ndong Sima, former Prime Minister under Ali Bongo Ondimba leaving the Presidential Palace after his new appointment by General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, President of the Transition in Gabon - as Prime Minister of the Transition, on September 7, 2023 in Libreville.
    News
    08 September 2023

    Gabon's Political Shift: Ousted President Gains Freedom Amidst Junta's New Leadership

    Ali Bongo Ondimba released for medical treatment as new Prime Minister takes charge, signaling a change in Gabon's political landscape.

    General Brice Oligui Nguema (C), who was inaugurated as Gabon's interim President, gives a salute during the military parade in Libreville on September 4, 2023. Gabon's coup leader vowed after being sworn in as interim president on September 4, 2023 to restore civilian rule through "free, transparent and credible elections" after a transition and amnesty prisoners of conscience.
    News Brief
    05 September 2023

    Gabon's New Military Leader Has Been Sworn in as Interim President

    Gabon's new military leader, General Brice Oligui Nguema, takes charge after ousting the five-decade rule of the family of deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba.

    Ali Bongo Ondimba, the outgoing Gabonese president and candidate to succeed him in the presidential election on 26 August 2023, at his campaign rally in Ntoum (42 km from Libreville) on 20 August 2023.
    News Brief
    30 August 2023

    Gabon Military Officers Announce Coup Attempt on National TV

    Gabon's senior military officers, in a televised announcement on Wednesday, asserted their authority by annulling election results moments after President Ali Bongo secured a third term.

    Africa Reacts To The Death of Queen Elizabeth II
    News
    08 September 2022

    Africa Reacts To The Death of Queen Elizabeth II

    The passing of the longest-reigning British monarch has stirred emotions, and the renewed vocal criticism of her legacy among Africans left little to the imagination.

    Gabon Elects First Female Prime Minister in Light of Government Shake Up
    News
    17 July 2020

    Gabon Elects First Female Prime Minister in Light of Government Shake Up

    President Ali Bongo makes history by promoting the former defence minister into the coveted position.

    Ludacris Gabon Eudoxie Mbouguiengue
    News
    07 January 2020

    Ludacris Has Become a Gabonese Citizen

    "I just became an official citizen of Gabon, of Africa."

    Hear a Trippy New Compilation from 80s Gabonese Musician, François N’Gwa
    News
    01 November 2019

    Hear a Trippy New Compilation from 80s Gabonese Musician, François N’Gwa

    Made during the golden age of 80s synthesizers, Ogooué is a nostalgic journey into African music's exploratory past.

    Five African Soccer Players Have Been Shortlisted for the 2019 Ballon d'Or
    Sports
    22 October 2019

    Five African Soccer Players Have Been Shortlisted for the 2019 Ballon d'Or

    The thirty-man shortlist includes Egypt's Mohamed Salah, Gabon's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Algeria's Riyad Mahrez and Senegalese duo Kalidou Koulibaly and Sadio Mane.

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