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In this file photo taken on 06 October 2018, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, casts her vote at a polling station in Libreville, during the first round of the country's legislative and municipal elections. Picture: AFP

Gabon

Gabon appoints first woman prime minister amid government shakeup

By Reuters

Ossouka Raponda, 56, is the sixth prime minister appointed since Ali Bongo succeeded his father in 2009. Her first job is to form a new government after her...

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    Gabon parliament votes to decriminalise homosexuality

    The central African country’s National Assembly had voted late Tuesday to adopt an amendment to criminal legislation to remove a paragraph prohibiting 'sexual relations between persons of the same sex'.

    778 days ago
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    Gabon bans tourists from seeing gorillas over coronavirus fears

    The Central African nation has one only confirmed COVID-19 case so far, but fears linger after an Ebola epidemic in 1995 wiped out more than 90% of the gorillas in the verdant north.

    883 days ago
  • Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba (L) and Gabon's Prime Minister Julien Nkoghe Bekale speak as they attend the Gabon Marathon in Libreville on 30 November 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Anti-corruption drive in Gabon reshuffles political pack

    Nearly two dozen people, some of them in the inner circle of power, have been ousted from office, arrested or given other duties.

    988 days ago
  • FILE: Gabon's President Ali Bongo. Picture: AFP

    Gabon's Bongo vows to 'complete mission' despite health speculation

    Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Wednesday completed a decade in office, vowing to push ahead with economic reforms and an anti-corruption drive despite questions over his health after suffering a stroke nearly a year ago.

    1036 days ago
  • The Bank of Central African States situated in Cameroon. Picture: www.beac.int

    Businesses in Central African union rue tough forex crackdown

    The central African CFA union comprises former French colonies Chad, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon and Central African Republic.

    1072 days ago
  • A statue of Omar Bongo is seen at a park in Franceville, Gabon, on May 21, 2019. Picture:  AFP.

    Gabon's economic woes arouse nostalgia for Omar Bongo

    Franceville was the capital of the Haut-Ogooue region where Bongo was born in 1935, and also where he was laid to rest.

    1168 days ago
  • FILE: Gabon's President Ali Bongo. Picture: AFP

    Gabon vows no mercy over theft of hardwood worth nearly $250 million

    In late February and early March, the authorities uncovered and seized 392 containers with 5,000 cubic metres of illegally felled kevazingo wood in the port of Owendo - but by the end of April, 353 of the containers had disappeared.

    1191 days ago
  • Gabon's President Ali Bongo. Picture: Facebook.

    Gabon threatens crackdown over theft of sacred wood

    Customs officers had discovered the collection of rare hardwood worth millions of dollars in February and March at two Chinese-owned depots at the Owendo timber port on the Libreville peninsula.

    1191 days ago
  • FILE: Gabon's President Ali Bongo. Picture: AFP

    Gabon president returns home for second time since suffering stroke

    Contradictory information about Bongo’s health and an extended convalescence in Morocco have fuelled instability in Gabon which his family has ruled for over 50 years.

    1268 days ago
  • FILE: Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba waves as he leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris on 21 February 2011. Picture: AFP

    Gabon President Ali Bongo back in country after attempted coup

    The 59-year-old has been recuperating abroad for more than two months, following a stroke in October last year.

    1310 days ago
  • FILE: President Ali Bongo. Picture: AFP.

    Gabon’s ailing President expected home from Morocco

    Gabon has been without an effective government for months since President Ali Bongo fell ill while attending an economic forum in Saudi Arabia on 24 October.

    1310 days ago
  • A screengrab of Gabon soldiers on state radio on 7 January 2019 calling on the people to "rise up" and announced a "national restoration council" would be formed, as an ailing President Ali Bongo is out of the country. Picture: AFP

    SA joins condemnation of attempted military coup in Gabon

    Two of the five coup leaders have been killed as the army restores control, closing down the internet and broadcasting services in the oil-rich, small West African state.

    1317 days ago
  • Gabonese soldiers stand in front of the headquarters of the national broadcaster Radiodiffusion Television Gabonaise (RTG) in Libreville on 7 January 2019 after a group of soldiers sought to take power in Gabon while the country's ailing president was abroad. Picture: AFP

    Soldiers on alert after attempted coup in Gabon

    A group of five soldiers sought to take power while Ali Bongo, the country’s ailing president, convalesces abroad following a stroke while he was in Saudi Arabia in October.

    1317 days ago
  • A screengrab of Gabon soldiers on state radio on 7 January 2019 calling on the people to "rise up" and announced a "national restoration council" would be formed, as an ailing President Ali Bongo is out of the country. Picture: AFP

    AU, France warn against 'unconstitutional change' in Gabon

    The Gabonese government on Monday claimed to have foiled an attempted takeover.

    1317 days ago
  • A screengrab of Gabon soldiers on state radio on 7 January 2019 calling on the people to "rise up" and announced a "national restoration council" would be formed, as an ailing President Ali Bongo is out of the country. Picture: AFP

    Gabon says coup bid thwarted as president abroad

    According to a government spokesman, security forces have been deployed in the capital and will remain there over the coming days in order to maintain order.

    1318 days ago
  • FILE: Gabon's President Ali Bongo arrives to attend a session meeting during the 10th BRICS summit on 27 July 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Picture: AFP

    Gabon soldiers seize state radio in apparent coup attempt

    Military officers in Gabon staged an apparent coup early Monday morning, seizing the state radio station and declaring their dissatisfaction with President Ali Bongo.

    1318 days ago
  • FILE: Gabon's President Ali Bongo arrives to attend a session meeting during the 10th BRICS summit on 27 July 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Picture: AFP

    Gabon president to speak publicly for first time since stroke

    The 59-year-old leader has not been back to Gabon since he fell ill in Saudi Arabia on 24 October and will address his nation from Morocco's capital Rabat, where he is recovering, a source told AFP.

    1329 days ago
  • FILE: Gabon's President Ali Bongo arrives to attend a session meeting during the 10th BRICS summit on 27 July 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Picture: AFP

    Gabon president appears in video after long medical absence

    Bongo suffered a stroke while at a conference in Saudi Arabia on 24 October, sources told Reuters.

    1351 days ago
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