Thousands Take Part In Pro-Bongo Protests
Thousands of pro-Ali Bongo supporters marched in Gabon’s capital Libreville on Wednesday, as a show of solidarity with the president ...
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Decision Time For Ping As Gabon Court Deadline Looms
All eyes in Gabon were on Jean Ping on Thursday, as the opposition leader had only a few hours left ...
Gabon Opposition Leader Urges General Strike After Disputed Election
Gabon's opposition leader appealed on Monday for a general strike in response to what he said was a fraudulent re-election ...
Gabon’s Bongo Shrugs Off Calls For Vote Recount
Gabon's re-elected President Ali Bongo shrugged off international calls for a recount of last week's disputed vote, saying it was ...
Gabon’s Ping Declares Himself President After Post-Poll Riots
Gabonese opposition candidate Jean Ping declared himself president on Friday, after a disputed election that triggered two days of post-election ...
Algeria Evacuates Nationals In Chaotic Gabon
Algeria on Thursday said it had evacuated nationals working in the oil field of Port-Gentil, in Gabon, after a deterioration ...
Tensions Simmer In Gabon Over Disputed Vote Result
Tensions are simmering in Gabon after two days of violence over the disputed presidential election, with fears growing over more ...
Security Forces Storm Opposition HQ After Parliament Set On Fire
Violence has broken out in the Gabonese capital Libreville after President Ali Bongo was declared winner of Saturday's presidential election. ...
Bongo To Be Declared Winner of Gabon Election
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's president Ali Bongo was set to be declared winner of last weekend's contested election, electoral commission ...
Clashes As Gabon’s Bongo Narrowly Wins Re-Election
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon's president Ali Bongo was declared winner Thursday of contested weekend elections, extending half-a-century of rule by ...
Dynastic Scion In His Father’s Shadow
Libreville (AFP) - Ali Bongo of Gabon, who has been declared the winner of a disputed election in the central ...
Gabon Parliament Set Ablaze After Bongo Declared Winner
Libreville (AFP) - Angry protesters torched Gabon's parliament Wednesday after President Ali Bongo was declared winner of what he claimed ...
Gabon Security Forces Attempt To Storm Opposition HQ
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon security forces were attempting to storm the opposition headquarters early Thursday, leaving several people injured, party ...
Gabon Braces For Results In Tense Election
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon braced for possible violence Tuesday as the country awaited official results of a bitterly disputed presidential ...
Gabon On Edge As It Waits For Election Results
Libreville (AFP) - Security forces deployed on the deserted streets of Libreville Tuesday as Gabon awaited official results of the ...
Opposition Candidate Lays Claim To Presidency Win
Gabon's opposition presidential candidate Jean Ping has claimed victory over incumbent President Ali Bongo, whose family has ruled the oil-rich ...