Ten people were injured in Libreville Tuesday as Gabon police broke up a rally organised to mark the return of opposition leader Jean Ping following a trip to Europe. The injured received first aid at Ping’s headquarters where the former foreign minister had addressed thousands of his supporters following his return from a European tour. … Read more
A team from the International Criminal Court (ICC) will visit Gabon next week to look into claims of post-election violence last year, the court prosecutor’s office announced Friday, in a move welcomed by rights activists. The ICC has yet to open a formal inquiry into the claims of violence made by defeated presidential candidate, opposition … Read more
A team from the International Criminal Court (ICC) will visit Gabon next week to look into claims of post-election violence last year, the court prosecutor’s office announced Friday, in a move welcomed by rights activists. The ICC has yet to open a formal inquiry into the claims of violence made by defeated presidential candidate, opposition … Read more
Gabonese President Ali Bongo launched a forum Tuesday of political and social groups on resolving a crisis sparked by his re-election last year, but the talks are boycotted by his rival Jean Ping. Ceremonies to launch Bongo’s promised “dialogue” took place at the presidential palace, attended by representatives from 1,200 groups from civil society, around … Read more
Gabonese President Ali Bongo has offered to hold talks with opposition parties in an apparent bid to ease tensions over his contested re-election last year, but his main political rival swiftly rejected the call for dialogue. Responding to a presidency statement issued late on Friday, opposition leader Jean Ping branded the proposal for talks starting … Read more
Gabon’s new prime minister has named the country’s new government after a disputed election that saw President Ali Bongo Ondimba re-elected for a second term by a narrow margin. Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet late Sunday announced the 40-member Cabinet that includes at least four members of the moderate opposition. They include the third-place candidate from the … Read more
Libreville (AFP) – Libreville’s nearly empty streets were under the watch of a heavy police and military presence on Saturday after Gabon’s top court upheld President Ali Bongo’s re-election in bitterly disputed polls. Security force checkpoints dotted routes into the capital’s centre, helicopters hovered overhead and elite troops protected the presidential palace, but no violence … Read more
Announcing its decision in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Constitutional Court also partially changed the results of the close vote, awarding Bongo more votes in his victory over Ping. Bongo took 50.66 percent of the vote against 47.24 percent for Ping, the court ruled, putting the incumbent president’s margin of winning votes at … Read more
Gabon’s newly re-elected president, Ali Bongo, said Saturday that he would seek to form a new government based on a national political dialogue that will “most likely” include leading opposition figures. Bongo spoke in Libreville, a short while after the country’s Constitutional Court validated his August 27 victory, and just two weeks after opposition leader … Read more
Gabon’s constitutional court has upheld President Ali Bongo’s election victory, rejecting opposition calls for a recount. There have been fears that such a decision could trigger fresh violence. The government said it would hold opposition leader Jean Ping responsible if clashes erupted following the ruling. President Bongo won August’s election by just 6,000 votes but … Read more
Gabon’s re-elected President Ali Bongo shrugged off international calls for a recount of last week’s disputed vote, saying it was a matter for the constitutional court to decide. The European Union has questioned the validity of election which the opposition has dismissed as a sham. France, the former colonial ruler of the central African oil … Read more
Algeria on Thursday said it had evacuated nationals working in the oil field of Port-Gentil, in Gabon, after a deterioration of the security situation there. In a statement by the official APS news agency, the Algerian Foreign Ministry said that the nationals were evacuated following the political crisis that hit Gabon in the aftermath of … Read more
Libreville (AFP) – Gabon braced for possible violence Tuesday as the country awaited official results of a bitterly disputed presidential election, with both frontrunners claiming victory in a vote condemned by EU observers as lacking transparency. The interior minister is due to announce later Tuesday whether incumbent Ali Bongo has won a new term or … Read more
Libreville (AFP) – Security forces deployed on the deserted streets of Libreville Tuesday as Gabon awaited official results of the weekend presidential election that both the incumbent Ali Bongo and his main rival already claim to have won. The interior minister said he would announce official results after the Cenap election commission meets at around … Read more
Gabon’s opposition presidential candidate Jean Ping has claimed victory over incumbent President Ali Bongo, whose family has ruled the oil-rich African nation for nearly half a century. “The decision taken by the population is known now by everybody,” Ping told Al Jazeera on Sunday. “Gabon is a small country so it is possible to know … Read more