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The coup in Gabon is the latest in a series of setbacks for France in its former west African colonies, which it has sought to control even after they gained i

Senior Gabonese military officers say they had taken power, after the state election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term.

Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose ouster has been announced by rebel officers, came to power in 2009, succeeding his father Omar, the country's ruler for more than four decades.But within three years, shepherded by his father, he abandoned the path of entertainment and entered politics, renaming himself Ali Bongo and converting to Islam like his parent.

Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is under house arrest and one of his sons has been arrested for "treason", military officers said Wednesday, hours after announcing they had overthrown the government.

Army officers of the African nation of Gabon have asserted on national television that they have taken power and invalidated Saturday's election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner.

Key dates since independence in Gabon, the oil-rich West African country where army officers said Wednesday they had deposed President Ali Bongo.

The Gabonese President, Ali Bongo, has been deposed by the military, days after winning the presidential election. According to the BBC, soldiers were

The military has announced a coup in Gabon, deposing President Ali Bongo, who was declared winner of Saturday’s election. Bongo, who came to power after his father's death in 2009, won a third term in an election which opposition argued was heavily marred. Here are some things to know about the ousted Gabonese president, Ali…

A group of army officers in the central African nation of Gabon say they have overthrown the government of President Ali Bongo.

If successful the coup would represent the eighth since 2020 in West and Central Africa, a region that in the last decade had made strides to shed its reputation as a "coup belt", only for persistent insecurity and corruption to open the door to military leaders. In July 2023, members of Niger's presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum inside his palace and appeared on national television saying they were seizing power to end the "deteriorating security situation...