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Gabon's President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, ahead of the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). (Ken Ishii/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Gabon swears in former military chief as president, signalling return to constitutional order
Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema has been sworn in as the fourth president of Gabon, marking the end of a nearly two-year political transition following the 2023 military coup. He won the April 12 election with 94.85% of the votes.
 
Voters queue up outside a polling station to cast their votes for the presidential elections in Liberville, Gabon, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Betines Makosso)
Gabon’s coup leader Oligui Nguema elected president with 90% of votes cast, provisional results show
Provisional results announced by the country’s interior ministry show that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup that ended a decadeslong political dynasty, has been elected president.
 
Ballots for presidential candidates are placed on a table inside a polling station, in Liberville, Gabon, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Betines Makosso)
Majority of polls close in Gabon’s first presidential election since a military coup in 2023
Most polls have closed in the oil-rich Gabon following a presidential election that the country’s military rulers hoped would legitimize their grip on power.
 
Transitional President of Gabon Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema addresses the Summit of the Future in the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Gabon’s military leader announces he will run in April presidential election
Gabon’s military leader has announced that he will run as a candidate in the oil-rich central African nation’s presidential election set for April 12. Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is Gabon’s interim president.
 
A woman votes in a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, in Libreville, Gabon, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Betines Makosso)
Gabon votes yes on new constitution a year after the military seized power
Authorities in Gabon say voters have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation.
 
People line up to vote in a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, in Libreville, Gabon, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Betines Makosso)
Gabon votes on a new constitution after the military seized power last year
Gabon is holding a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than a year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation.
 
FILE - President of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on Sept. 21, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. Gabon’s junta says the country’s ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since he was deposed last week, is now freed and can travel on a medical trip. The junta said this on Wednesday just as it has met with various local and regional authorities, promising a better life for Gabonese. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Gabon’s junta frees deposed president on health grounds and appoints a new prime minister
Gabon’s junta has freed the country’s deposed president on health grounds and appointed a new prime minister.
 
This video grab shows soldiers holding General Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema aloft in Libreville, Gabon, Wednesday Aug. 30, 2023. Mutinous soldiers speaking on state television announced that they had seized power in and were overturning the results of a presidential election that was to extend the Bongo family's 55-year hold on power. (Gabon24 via AP)
Gabon’s military leader is sworn in as head of state after ousting the president last week
Gabon’s new military leader has been sworn in as the head of state less than a week after ousting the president whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades. Gen.
 
This video grab shows coup supporters cheering police officers in Libreville, Gabon, Wednesday Aug. 30, 2023. Mutinous soldiers speaking on state television announced that they had seized power in and were overturning the results of a presidential election that had seen Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba extend his family's 55-year hold on power. ( AP Photo/Betiness Mackosso)
Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption
Mutinous soldiers in Gabon have proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader after placing the newly re-elected president under house arrest and alleging massive embezzlement under his long-time rule over the oil-rich nation.
 
Gabon imposes curfew and cuts internet access as voting wraps up in major elections
 
Gabon’s president seeks third term in elections that could extend a 55-year political dynasty
Gabon’s president is seeking a third term in elections this weekend that could extend his family’s 55-year political dynasty. The capital of Libreville, meanwhile, is bracing for a repeat of the violence that has marred balloting in the past.
 
2 Danish journalists violently attacked in Gabon
A man stabbed two Danish journalists in Gabon’s capital, declaring it was in retaliation for U.S. attacks against Muslims and leaving one reporter in serious condition, Gabon’s defense minister said.
 
Gabon opposition candidate decries high court ruling
Gabon’s opposition candidate Jean Ping is decrying a constitutional court ruling that rejected his appeal of the disputed election.
 
Gabon president re-elected; buildings are looted, burned
Gabon’s president has narrowly won re-election, election officials said Wednesday, keeping alive a family dynasty in this oil-rich Central African country that reaches back to the 1960s.
 
Challenger predicts victory as Gabon awaits vote results
Gabon’s most prominent opposition candidate said Sunday that early results show he will win this central African country’s presidential election, though official results have not been announced.
 
Gabon’s president seeks re-election to extend family rule
Gabon’s president is looking to extend his family’s rule of the central African nation past the 50-year mark by winning a second term in an election Saturday.