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Gabon PM Says Sanctions Could Be Damaging, Military Junta Needs Time

Voa News 28 Sep 2023

Sima, speaking in Gabon’s capital, Libreville, said the country's military junta should be allowed to undertake initiatives to restore stability, carry out institutional and legislative reforms, fight corruption, ensure sustainable economic development, and conduct a national dialogue before organizing elections.

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US halts foreign assistance to Gabon after August 30 coup

Al Jazeera 27 Sep 2023

The United States is pausing certain foreign assistance programmes to the government of Gabon following last month’s coup, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement released by the Department of State on Tuesday ... Army officers in Gabon seized power on August 30, ...

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African nation denies claims of coup attempt

Russia Today 18 Sep 2023

These claims suggested that military forces began seizing critical facilities and government installations in the nation’s capital, Brazzaville. Last month, soldiers in neighboring Gabon, a former French colony, overthrew the Central African country’s president, Ali Bongo, who had served in office for 14 years ... .

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Gabon coup: FRANCE 24 witnesses neglect in Libreville after decades-long Ali Bongo rule

France24 14 Sep 2023

... Catherine Norris-Trent, Cyril Payen and Mayssa Awad witnessed the neglect in Gabon's capital city.

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Gabonese transitional president appoints interim PM

People Daily 08 Sep 2023

The ECCAS on Monday appointed President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera as facilitator for the democratic process in Gabon, while ordering the temporary relocation of the institution's headquarters from Libreville, the capital of Gabon, to Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea.

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Gabon junta appoints opposition leader as interim prime minister

Business Day 07 Sep 2023

Libreville — Gabon’s ruling junta, which seized power in a coup last week, appointed former opposition leader Raymond Ndong Sima as the prime minister of its transitional government on Thursday ... The family’s dynastic rule had created widespread discontent, with critics saying the Bongos did little to share Gabon’s wealth with its 2.3-million people.

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2nd LD-Writethru: Gabonese transitional president appoints interim PM

China.dot.org 07 Sep 2023

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Gabon military government appoints former opposition leader as interim PM

Al Jazeera 07 Sep 2023

Gabon’s military government, which seized power in a coup last week, appointed a former opposition leader, Raymond Ndong Sima, as the prime minister of its transitional government ... The family’s dynastic rule had created widespread discontent, with critics saying the Bongos did little to share Gabon’s wealth with its 2.3 million people.

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Gabon ruling junta appoints former opposition leader as interim prime minister

The Irish Times 07 Sep 2023

Members of the military take part in the military parade in honour of general Brice Oligui Nguema who was inaugurated as Gabon's interim prime minister in Libreville on September 4th ... Gabon’s ruling junta which seized power in a coup last week appointed a former opposition leader, ...

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Economist 07 Sep 2023

The insurgents have besieged more than two dozen towns and a million people and are inching closer to the capital, Ouagadougou.\n\nGeneral Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as the president of Gabon after leading a coup that deposed Ali Bongo.

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Gabon Civilians Celebrate as Coup Leader Frees Political Prisoners

Voa News 06 Sep 2023

Renaud Allogho Akoue, former director general of Gabon's National Social Insurance and Health Fund, who was arrested in December 2019 and given a 10 year jail sentence for misappropriating public funds, was released, as was Léandre Nzué, former mayor of Gabon's capital, Libreville.

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Gabon's new strongman meets regional envoy, opposition chief

The Jordan Times 06 Sep 2023

LIBREVILLE — Gabon’s new strongman on Tuesday met ... ECCAS also ordered the immediate transfer of its headquarters from Gabon’s Libreville to the Equatorial Guinea capital of Malabo, the country’s vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, said on X, previously known as Twitter.

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Taiwan a highlight for Danish pioneer Thor

Taipei Times 06 Sep 2023

For Pedersen, that ignominious title goes to his struggles with bureaucracy in September 2015 while trying to cross from Cameroon into Gabon ... After failing in his first attempt to enter Gabon, Pedersen made a four-day round trip back to Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, to apply for extra paperwork — only to be denied again at the border.

photo: AP / Rafael Yaghobzadeh

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes President of Gabon Ali Bongo at the Elysee Palace, June 22, 2023 in Paris

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Gabon coup calls for the West to rethink its Africa strategy

Gulf News 05 Sep 2023

In a dramatic turn of events in August 30, 2023, high-ranking military officers in Gabon took control of the country ... People in Gabon’s capital Libreville have come out showing support for the change of regime ... The African Union has meanwhile decided to suspend Gabon’s membership ... Ali Bongo Ondimba, the third president of Gabon.

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Central African bloc suspends Gabon

Russia Today 05 Sep 2023

The bloc added that it had ordered the “immediate temporary” relocation of its headquarters from Libreville in Gabon to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea’s capital, appointing Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo as its chairperson ... Read more Gabon coup leader sworn in as interim president.