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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.

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

LIBREVILLE: Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized...

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…

The coup attempt came hours after President Ali Bongo Ondimba was declared the winner of an election.

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

Ali Bongo, has been in power since 1999. | Pulse Nigeria

Mutinous soldiers claimed to have seized power in Gabon on Wednesday and put the president under house arrest, hours after he was declared the winner in an election that extended his family’s 55-year reign in the oil-rich Central African nation

The coup attempt came hours after President Ali Bongo Ondimba was declared the winner of an election.

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon say they are overturning the results of an election that extended the 55-year hold on power by the president's family.