Tag: Gabon
Coup in Gabon: “This country produces more than 200,000 barrels of oil a day”
With each new coup d’etat in Africa, the same question comes up on the table: will France’s economic interests in the country be threatened? That which occurred on the night…
the Bongo family, a ruling dynasty since 1967
His name has been associated with Gabon for over 55 years. She led the country, first through Omar, from 1967 to 2009, when her son Ali succeeded her, until her…
Gabon: who is General Brice Oligui Nguema, appointed President of the Transition by the putschists
The putschist soldiers who put “an end to the regime in place” in Gabon, on August 30, 2023, by dismissing outgoing President Ali Bongo Ondimba, placed at their head the…
From independence to the present day… Gabon in fifteen dates
Independent for 63 years and under the yoke of a kleptocratic dynasty since 1967, Gabon has just entered a new era of turbulence. The history of independent Gabon in fifteen…
Coup d’etat in Gabon: “Senegal could fall tomorrow, then Côte d’Ivoire…”
Former collaborator of the DGSE, specialist in Africa, former adviser to the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, and author of spy novels, Vincent Crouzet analyzes the recent putschs in…
General Brice Oligui Nguema appointed “President of the Transition”
In Gabon, General Brice Oligui Nguema was named “President of the Transition” by the putschists. Overthrown by the coup, Ali Bongo was placed under house arrest, putschists announced on television…
Gabon: Brice Oligui Nguema, the general pushed by the putschists to prepare the post-Bongo
Dark green uniform, green beret on his head, General Brice Oligui Nguema was carried in triumph, Wednesday August 30, by hundreds of soldiers a few hours after a coup d’etat.…
Gabon: Bongo calls for “making noise”, one of his sons arrested… The latest news
After Niger, is Gabon in the process of rocking? While the national authority in charge of the ballot had just validated the re-election of President Ali Bongo Ondimba for a…
last minute | The joy of the coup took the people to the streets: The President of Gabon was detained in his home! The world is watching anxiously
Breaking news: After the announcement of the presidential election results in the Central African country of Gabon, the soldiers who entered the national television building announced that they had taken…
Coup d’etat in Gabon: Ali Bongo, “Monsieur fils”, last heir to the dynasty
One more military coup in Africa. This Wednesday, August 30, when Ali Bongo had just been proclaimed winner of the presidential election and re-elected for a third term with 64.27%…