Tag: Gabon
In Gabon, a double complaint filed against the former presidential couple Ali and Sylvia Bongo
Power fell at the end of August following a military coup and since then, some have accused the former power of multiple crimes. Former MP Bertrand Zibi Abeghe, who spent…
US pauses aid to Gabon
full screen US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Archive image. Photo: Jason Decrow/AP/TT The US is stopping some of its aid to Gabon after last month’s coup in which the…
US pauses aid to Gabon
“The US government is pausing parts of the aid program to the government of Gabon while we evaluate the military’s unconstitutional intervention,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in…
without rushing, exiles wonder about the return
In Gabon, during his swearing-in, General Oligui Nguema called for the return of exiles, telling them to return to the country without fear. Many are interested but they don’t want…
former ministers of Oil and Public Works arrested
In Gabon, prosecutions against the former leaders of the deposed regime continue. After the incarceration a week ago of Noureddin Bongo, son of Ali Bongo, three other personalities were placed…
first foreign visit to Equatorial Guinea for Oligui Nguema
This Tuesday, September 19, the president of the Gabonese transition made his first trip abroad. General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was in Equatorial Guinea where he met his counterpart, President…
Gabon: the son of Ali Bongo and relatives of the deposed president imprisoned
Two weeks after the military putsch in Gabon which overthrew President Ali Bongo Ondimba, his son and several close to the cabinet of the former head of state were incarcerated…
former Minister of Water and Forests Lee White arrested
The arrests of former ministers of Ali Bongo’s power overthrown by a coup continue. After the former First Lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, her son Noureddin Valentin Bongo and other close…
who to represent the new juntas in power in Africa?
It is this Tuesday, September 19, that the debates of the 78th UN General Assembly open in New York. While Africa, particularly in West Africa, has been experiencing repeated coups…
Ballack Obame, former imprisoned student leader, experiences a second release
Among the first measures announced by General Oligui Nguema, who became president of the transition: the release of prisoners of conscience. Thus, some are calling for the release of Lieutenant…