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The coup in Gabon is a stark reminder across Central Africa that no leader is safe. President Ali Bongo Ondimba, an aging and sick president, has been ousted

There is a deep love for music that runs through the Bongo family but it is their fascination with western pop music, and a willingness to use the immense

Some countries haven’t had a moment of dispassionate, bureaucratic governance since their nominal independence.

Raymond Ndong Sima, Gabonese transitional prime minister, on Saturday published the list of 26 members of his government. According to the list, this transitional government is made up of 26 ministers, including the head of the transitional government. Key government positions were held by new figures, including Murielle Minkoue Epse…

The transitional charter put in place by the military prohibits members of the provisional government, including Ndong Sima, from standing in the forthcoming elections, but does not explicitly exclude General Oligui from running for the presidency

The leader of Gabon in Africa, Ali Bongo, has been overthrown in a sudden military coup on August 30, right after he was declared the winner in a contested presidential

Now that Tinubu is our president, it won’t be a bad idea if, once in a while, he descends on Agege in Lagos or visits Ijebu-Jesa in Osun State to remind him of the lot of many Nigerians. If you are taking wine, please bear in mind that some people don’t have water because it is what you know that will determine what you do.

A 95th-minute winner seals Mozambique's place at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations as DR Congo and Mauritania also qualify - but Aubameyang's Gabon are out.

  In this interview, Toyin Falola , foremost Historian and Professor of African Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, on the contagion of coups in West Africa and why they are happening in some of the Francophone countries and lessons for Nigeria.

(Reuters) - A 24-month transition to elections in Gabon would be "reasonable" after last month's coup, junta-appointed Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Si...