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The military leaders said strongman Brice Oligui Nguema would be sworn in next week as "transitional president." Meanwhile, the country's main opposition alliance urged the military to continue the election process.

Army officers appeared on TV in the early hours of Wednesday to say they had taken power.

�� ሰላም ሃለው*!*Welcome to Thursday, where at least 73 are killed in a Johannesburg building blaze, North Korea simulates a “tactical nuclear strike,” and Spain’s yearly tomato debauchery yields striking images. Meanwhile, Giulia Zonca for Italian daily La Stampa reports on the controversy caused after ...

LIBREVILLE, Gabon—Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive embezzlement during his long-time rule over the oil-rich Central African nation. The coup leaders said in an announcement on Gabon’s…

After the coup in Gabon, revolutionaries reportedly uncovered suitcases and bags full of various banknotes in the residence of ousted...

Army officers, who seized power in Gabon, have named General Oligui Nguema as the Central African countrys transitional leader. How did the military takeover unfold? Sputnik explains.

Another former French colony follows pattern of discontent against status-quo throughout the West Africa region Geopolitical Analysis Gabonese soldiers led by the presidential guard detained President Ali Bongo during the early morning hours of August 30, ending a more than five decades-long political dynasty within this oil-rich West and Central…

Gabon's General Brice Nguema was named as the new leader after the military overthrew the longtime ruling president Ali Bongo.

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) -- Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed the republican guard chief as their countrys leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive embezzlement during his long-time rule over the oil-rich Central African nation.