Tag: Bongo
After years of estrangement, the reunion of Gabon and Congo at the grave of Edith Bongo
On the left, the Gabonese transitional president, Brice Oligui Nguema. On the right, the Congolese president, Denis Sassou Nguesso. AFP Like every year, Oyo, a small town of 5,000 inhabitants,…
From Karl Lagerfeld to the Bongo family, the special guests of the Pozzo di Borgo hotel
In mid-October 2023, a crowd of elegant people from all over the world crowds under the gilding of a Parisian mansion in the 7th arrondissement. These gallery owners or buyers…
Raymond Ndong Sima, opponent of Ali Bongo, appointed prime minister of the transition
Raymond Ndong Sima, then prime minister of Ali Bongo in June 2012, then became one of his most virulent opponents. WILFRIED MBINAH / AFP He was a virulent opponent of…
the fall of Ali Bongo, “brother” of Mohammed VI, puts Moroccan pragmatism to the test
Former Gabonese President Ali Bongo and the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, in Marrakech, in December 2011. AZZOUZ BOUKALLOUCH / AFP If the response of France following the coup d’etat…
Gabon: Ali Bongo placed under house arrest
Published on 08/30/2023 at 12:29 Aug 30 (Reuters) – Gabon’s President Ali Bongo was placed under house arrest on Wednesday, army officers said…
Gabon: military coup after the announcement of the victory of Ali Bongo in the presidential election
Soldiers announced Wednesday to “end the regime in place” in Gabon, a coup targeting outgoing President Ali Bongo, in power for 14 years and whose re-election had just been announced…
Coup in Gabon: Ali Bongo, disputed heir at the head of the country for 14 years
A few hours after the announcement of the dissolution of the country’s institutions by a group of soldiers on the Gabon 24 television channel, housed within the presidency, the fate…
Putsch in Gabon: President Bongo calls in a video his “friends” to “make noise”
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba, placed under house arrest by soldiers who deposed him after a coup on Wednesday, calls on “all” his “friends” to “make noise”, in a video…
In Gabon, soldiers proclaim the cancellation of the elections after the announcement of the victory of Ali Bongo
Gabonese soldiers announce on television the cancellation of the elections and the dissolution of the country’s institutions on the Gabon 24 channel, August 30, 2023. SCREENSHOT X @MMALEKOU / GABON…
In Gabon, a presidential election tailor-made for Ali Bongo
The President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, in Libreville, March 2, 2023. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP A closed ballot, without international observers or foreign journalists, is to be held in…
Gabon: four children of Omar Bongo have been indicted in France
Grace, Betty, Arthur then Hermine: four children of the late Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba have just been indicted for the first time by French justice in the fifteen-year-old case…