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2025 Gabonese presidential election

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 Apr 12

Gabon holds presidential election
Gabon votes for a new president in country’s first election since 2023 coup

It’s the first election in Gabon since a 2023 military coup ended a political dynasty that lasted over 50 years. Analysts have predicted an overwhelming victory for the interim president who led the coup.

By Monika Pronczuk, Yves Laurent Goma, Associated Press

World Sep 04

Gabon coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema is sworn in as interim president in Libreville
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

Politics Aug 31

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a news briefing at the Pentagon September 6, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing amid coup in Gabon

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, analysts said.

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

World Aug 31

People pose with soldiers as they celebrate in support of the putschists in a street of Libreville
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

Aug 30

Gabon’s president deposed in coup, republican guard chief appointed as head of state

By Yves Laurent, Sam Mednick, Associated Press

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced late Wednesday that the head of the country’s elite republican guard would lead the Central African country, hours after saying they had placed the country’s newly re-elected president under house arrest.

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Mar 02

World leaders to discuss who pays for rainforest protection at Gabon summit

By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press

A summit on how to protect the world’s largest forests underway in Gabon is set to be dominated by the issue of who pays for the protection and reforesting of lands that are home to some of the world’s most…

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Aug 31

Watch 8:45
Historic drought followed by flooding threatens crops and farms in East Africa

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

The toll from extreme weather has devastated vast regions of sub-Saharan Africa which are suffering from the worst drought conditions on record and a food crisis that ranges from severe to catastrophic. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro looks at one…

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African Leaders Seek Common Ground on Zimbabwe Election Dispute

By PBS News Hour

African leaders meeting in Egypt are debating how to handle the disputed re-election of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, as the longtime leader's spokesman told Western critics who blasted the recent vote to "go hang."…

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