Gabon

Judges at the top U.N. court sided with Equatorial Guinea in a dispute with neighbouring Gabon over which treaty settled the ownership of three largely uninhabited oil-rich islands. The decision effectively hands the islands to…

Gabon’s Constitutional Court has approved eight candidates to run in the upcoming presidential election on April 12, including interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who took power in a military coup in 2023. Nguema, 50, led the overthrow…

Nearly two years after leading a coup that ended more than five decades of Bongo family rule, Gabon’s military leader, Brice Oligui Nguema, has officially announced his candidacy for the April 12 presidential elections. Following the…

Gabonese International and Marseille forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has become the all-time top goalscorer in the UEFA Europa League, securing his 31st goal in the competition, at the Orange Velodrome in Marseille, France. Aubameyang,…

Mauritania qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the third time after a dramatic 2-1 victory over Gabon, while DR Congo secured its place in the tournament after a 2-0 home victory against Sudan on Saturday. Needing just a…

The Central African regional bloc, known as ECCAS, has announced the suspension of Gabon's membership. This development comes as General Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as the transitional president on Monday, consolidating his grip on…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said coups only make crises worse, emphasizing the need for durable governance and the rule of law. Guterres said this while highlighting the succession of military coups unfolding across Africa…

Gabon’s coup appears to have given the country’s main opposition party some room for hope. After warmly thanking the army for having stood up against “an electoral coup", it called on the military to complete the counting of ballots from…

The African Union's Peace and Security Council said it had decided to "immediately suspend" Gabon following the military coup this week. The body said on X, formerly Twitter, that it "strongly condemns the military takeover of power in…

The camp of Albert Ondo Ossa, President Ali Bongo Ondimba's main rival in Saturday's election in Gabon, whose official results are still awaited, again claimed on Monday to have won and called on the Head of State to "Organize the transfer…