World Apr 13 Provisional results show Gabon’s coup leader Oligui Nguema elected president in a landslide By Yves Laurent Goma, Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press
World Sep 04 Gabon’s military leader is sworn in as head of state less than a week after coup Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, took the oath in the presidential palace in front of a packed, boisterous room of government officials, military and local leaders in Gabon's capital, Libreville. By Sam Mednick, Yves Laurent Goma, Associated Press
World Aug 31 Gabon election a ‘smokescreen’ for soldiers planning ouster of unpopular president, experts say Analysts say the ouster of Gabon's president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population's grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power. By Sam Mednick, Associated Press