Gabon’s military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema – who in 2023 led a coup that ended a near-60-year dynasty – has won Saturday’s presidential election with more than 90% of the vote, provisional results show. Ahead of the vote, critics argued that the new constitution and electoral code were designed to give Oligui Nguema a […]
Ali Bongo, the man ousted as Gabon’s president, is a man of many faces. To some, he is a spoilt, playboy prince who saw ruling the oil-rich Gabon as his birthright; a one-time funk singer who stepped into his father’s shoes to continue his family’s (now 53-year long) rule. To others, he is a reformer […]
Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba has died after being hospitalized at the King Faisal hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia when he suffered from exhaustion. Reports reaching us at African Stand are yet to be officially confirmed by the state government of Gabon. Ali Bongo, 59, who fell ill two months back during a visit to Riyadh to attend an economic forum in the Saudi capital, […]
