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At Omar Bongo University in Gabon's capital, student Nathan Ovono Obiang is as absorbed by what's going on in his post-coup country as he is in his maths lessons.It was really first come, first served to get a seat in the lessons," Ovono Obiang said.

What has been dubbed a second decolonisation process is occurring right now in Africa’s Sahel, reports Paul Gregoire.

"We know that things will change because already, our transition president Brice Oligui Nguema [has been] very, very demanding," a 3rd year law student says optimistic.

The US is halting its aid to Gabon following last month's coup. “We are pausing certain foreign assistance programs that benefit the...

Africa today consists of 56 different experiences in nation-building with some remarkable successes and many inevitable failures. In many African countries a new player has entered the game: a younger generation that is better educated, more ambitious

As we wrap up, your U.N. Playbook took the temperature from some key names here in New York about how the week played out.

The support for military takeovers is growing across Africa, and civilian governments are to blame, say analysts.

A video of a man falling onto a podium during a media briefing has been shared on social media in Africa with claims that it shows Gabon's deposed leader Ali Bongo collapsing while giving a speech. But this is false: the clip, which has been online for a decade, shows a former Burkina Faso foreign affairs minister fainting while on stage at a press conference in Turkey in 2013.

Niger and Gabon vanished from Thursday’s debate after military juntas there left representation uncertain.

The son of ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo, along with several of his associates, has been charged with high treason and corruption.