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Chaos in Gabon as protesters are injured by security forces

January 27, 2011 no comments

LIBREVILLE, January 27, 2011 (AFP) – Gabon security forces fired tear gas and arrested about 30 supporters of opposition leader Andre Mba Obame at a protest in Libreville, injuring several of t...

Gabon’s President Ali Ben Bongo Spends £85million on a House in ...

May 28, 2010 11 comments

According to the Mail Online, Ali Ben Bongo, the son of the late Omar Bongo former leader of Gabon, has been attacked for spending £85million on a lavish townhouse in Paris. Ben Bongo Ondimba  has bo...

Court in Gabon Rejects Challenge to Bongo’s Victory

October 13, 2009 no comments

Gabon’s Constitutional court has rejected the opposition’s challenge to election victory of Ali Ben Bongo’s the son of the former leader of Gabon, Omar Bongo. In a statement read ou...

Opposition Leaders in Gabon Barred From Leaving the Country

September 10, 2009 no comments

The Government of Gabon under the new leadership of Ali Ben Bongo has barred all opposition party leaders from leaving the country. The ban came after recent riots over claims of fraud in the recent ...

Gunshots in Gabon as Looting and Violence Continues

September 5, 2009 no comments

There has been widespread and violence in Port Gentil, Gabon’s second city with looting and buildings being set on fire. 2 people were killed on Thursday as the violence erupted following the announc...

Ali Ben Bongo Declared Winner of Gabon’s Presidential Elections

September 3, 2009 no comments

On Thursday the Government of Gabon declared Ali Ben Bongo, the eldest son of the late Omar Bongo, the winner of the weekend presidential elections. Ben Bongo was the country’s defence minister...

Gabon To Elect New President

August 29, 2009 no comments

On Sunday the 30th of August 2009, the people of Gabon will elect a new President. Since 1967, the Gabonese people, only new one leader. Omar Bongo had ruled Gabon for 42 years amidst charges of corr...

Ali Ben Bongo calls his Opponents ‘Traitors’ and ‘Li...

August 22, 2009

Ali Ben Bongo, the eldest son of Gabon’s former leader, Omar Bongo, has called his opponents in the forthcoming Presidential elections, ‘traitors’ in an election campaign rally. The...

Four Cabinet Ministers Sacked In Gabon

July 24, 2009 no comments

Four members of the Gabon Government  have been sacked after opposing the candidacy of Ali-Ben Bongo, son of the ex-leader, in next month’s presidential poll. Two are senior members of the ruli...

Gabon’s PM Resigns To Run For President

July 19, 2009 no comments

Jean Eyeghe Ndong, Prime Minister of Gabon,  said on Friday he had resigned in protest at his party’s choice of the son of deceased president Omar Bongo as presidential candidate and would stan...

Bongo’s Son To Contest The Presidency

July 18, 2009 no comments

The son of Gabon’s late President Omar Bongo has been chosen by the ruling party to stand in the presidential election expected in late August. The decision was announced on national TV by Gabo...