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Gabon’s Constitutional Court has finalized a slate of eight candidates for the upcoming presidential election, including interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who assumed power in a military coup in 2023. The April 12 electoral contest represents a critical juncture in Gabon’s political transition following decades of Bongo family dominance over the oil-rich Central African nation. […]
General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a military coup in 2023 that ended over five decades of Bongo family rule, has announced he will run in Gabon’s presidential election due on 12 April. Despite initially promising to return power to civilians, Nguema stated that his decision was prompted by public demand for his leadership. In […]
Moroccan real-estate leader, Addoha group, will build 5,000 social housing units in Gabon under an agreement signed lately with the authorities of this central African country. According to local press reports, the agreement was inked by Addoha Deputy Managing Director Mehdi Zemmama and Gabonese Housing Minister Ludovic Menié in presence of transitional President, Gen. Brice […]
Gabon will hold its presidential elections on April 12, the first since the army took power in the country, the council of ministers announced. Gabon’s long-ruling President Ali Bongo was deposed in August, 2023, in a coup led by head of the presidential guard Brice Oligui Nguema, who took Gabon’s interim presidency. The coup was […]
France has been asked by Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to close all its military bases in the West African state because these were “incompatible” with Senegal’s national sovereignty. Faye made this call in an interview with the AFP on Thursday (28 November), just as Senegal was preparing to mark the 80th anniversary of a […]
More than a year after the military coup, the Gabonese people adopted a new constitution by 91.8% of the votes, with a turnout of approximately 53.5%, Gabon’s interior ministry announced. The adoption of the new constitution is expected to pave the way for elections and a return to civilian governance. The new constitution imposes a […]
Gabon has announced a constitutional referendum scheduled for November 16, marking a significant step toward restoring civilian governance following the military coup. The final draft constitution, released on October 21, proposes several major changes to the country’s political structure. The new framework eliminates the Prime Minister position and establishes a seven-year presidential term with one […]
Equatorial Guinea has rejected a claim laid by Gabon at the International court of Justice in The Hague to islands that could have oil and gas resources. The two countries have been at loggerheads over Mbanie, an island of 30 hectares, and two other smaller islands nearby. The dispute is a relic of the French […]
Morocco’s justice minister Abdellatif Ouahbi, and his Gabonese counterpart, Paul Marie Gondjout, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Rabat to enhance judicial cooperation between the two nations. The MoU aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation by expanding into technical areas of judicial administration, facilitating the exchange of expertise, and organizing scientific meetings to leverage the […]
Gabonese authorities said the modernization of its sole railway spanning 650 kilometers would amount to 600 million dollars. A deal was signed with rail operator Setrag to upgrade the railway connecting Port of Owendo to Franceville, local media reported. The government shall contribute with 220 million dollars with the remaining sum to be offered by […]