He then pledged to hand over power to civilians.The country has however since passed a new constitution and electoral code ...

Gabon’s military leader, Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, has officially declared his candidacy for the country’s presidential ...

in which the Gabon army appeared on national TV to say that they had taken over power in the West African nation, and were challenging the re-election of President Ali Bongo. Chebukati was ...

TASS/. French military instructors stationed in Gabon have suspended assistance to the country’s army, French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu said in an interview with the Le ...

No sooner had an army coup toppled Gabon’s President Léon Mba than De Gaulle came to the rescue. With a lightning strike of planes and paratroopers, he restored Mba to power and demonstrated ...

President Museveni talking to Gabon army officers who have just concluded studies at the Junior Staff College in Jinja. This was during a meeting at State House Entebbe on Monday. (PPU Photo ...

Libreville (AFP) – Gabon's military leader General Brice Oligui ... on Saturday ahead of his presidential tilt. After a 28-year army career, a seven-year term in office "will not change his ...

There has been speculation that Nguema had left the army, as a requirement to run for ... Some opposition and civil society groups in Gabon have however been urging the military leader to honour ...