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Europe failed to bolster democracy in Sahel, EU's top diplomat says

The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday that 600 million euros spent training security personnel in the Sahel had "failed to bolster democracy". His comments follow recent coups in both Niger and Gabon.

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Gabon unveils transitional government, French military cooperation resumes

Gabon's new ruler General Brice Oligui Nguema has appointed former opposition leaders and key figures from the ousted regime to both houses of parliament, as the military junta sets a two-year transition period to democracy and military cooperation with France resumes.

Radio France Internationale

US response to Gabon and Niger coups suggests need for a new West Africa policy in Washington

Recent coups in the West African nations of Gabon and Niger caught U.S. diplomats a little off guard. They also indicate Washington may need to reassess its policy in the region or risk becoming increasingly irrelevant to the new governments.

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Gabon junta eyes two-year transition period before holding elections

Gabon’s military government has promised to hold free elections in two years’ time, newly appointed Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima said.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon takes down international ivory trafficking network

Authorities in Gabon have dismantled a broad network of international ivory traffickers who smuggled the prized elephant product from Gabon to Cameroon and on to lucrative Asian markets.

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Gabon picks one of ousted leader's main rivals to be interim prime minister

Gabon's military rulers have appointed Raymond Ndong Sima, a prominent opponent of ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba, as interim prime minister. He is the first civilian leader named by the junta, which overthrew Bongo in a coup at the end of August.

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Gabon’s junta says deposed president is 'freed' and can travel on a medical trip

Gabon’s junta says the country’s ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since he was deposed last week, is now free and can travel on a medical trip

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Gabon coup leader meets regional envoy, opposition after inauguration

Gabon's new military leader has started to give amnesty to dissidents and has met central Africa's mediator for the country, following last week's coup that brought the curtain down on the 55-year reign of the Bongo dynasty.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon’s military says deposed President Ali Bongo ‘free’ to travel abroad

Bongo’s release comes after General Nguema was sworn in as Gabon’s new head of state.

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Fatal stabbing of Gabonese student highlights 'daily' racism faced by Africans in Russia

François Ndzhelassili, a doctoral student from Gabon at the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, was killed on August 18 by a group of Russian men after they harassed him and called him racial slurs. The murder is just the latest case of discrimination and violence against Black people living…

France 24

Coup in Gabon: On the trends in Africa

In Africa, traditional regimes are coming under increased pressure from within and a generation of risk-taking generals are making swift moves to grab power

The Hindu

France in Africa: why Macron's policies increased distrust and anger

French west Africa has experienced five coups in the past three years. Underpinning most of these coups is hostility towards France, a former colonial authority. Mohamed Bazoum of Niger’s downfall in July 2023 comes after coups in Mali in August 2020, Chad in April 2021, Burkina Faso in September 2022…

The Conversation

Gabon coup has been years in the making: 3 key factors that ended the Bongo dynasty

The recent military intervention that put an end to the Bongo family’s 56-year hold on power in Gabon has been many years in the making.

The Conversation

Africa Climate Summit: Climate protesters march through Nairobi

In tonight's edition: Hundreds of millions of dollars are pledged to boost African carbon credit production at the opening day of a landmark climate summit for the continent, despite protesters in Nairobi warning the approach is flawed. Also, Gabon's new leader promises elections to restore civilian rule as he is…

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A Gabon military coup leader is sworn in as interim president, promising elections

Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, leader of a coup in Gabon last week, has been sworn in as interim president, while the deposed former president remains detained at his residence.

Al Jazeera

Gabon coup leader Nguema sworn in as transitional head of state

Nguema took the oath in the presidential palace in Gabon’s capital Libreville and promised credible elections.

Radio France Internationale

Gabon's new leader sworn in as transitional president

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who ousted former President Ali Bongo in a coup last week, was sworn in as transitional president this morning in Libreville.

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Gabon's military leader is sworn in as head of state after ousting the president last week

Gabon’s new military leader has been sworn in as the head of state less than a week after ousting the president whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades

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The Independent UK

France's waning influence in coup-hit Africa appears clear while few remember their former colonizer

The era of France’s arm-twisting interventionism in Africa may finally be over

France 24

Gabon coup leader sworn in as 'transitional' head of state

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon's 55-year-old ruling dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising "free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe.

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Gabon: the coup poses a new threat to democracy in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered an alarming spate of military takeovers since 2020

Radio France Internationale

France suspends military cooperation with new regime in Gabon

France's Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu says that Paris has suspended military cooperation with the new regime in Gabon. This comes as leader General Brice Oligui Nguema vowed the country's institutions would be more democratic, two days after heading a coup that ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo…

The Conversation

Coup in Gabon: Ali Bongo the eighth west African leader to be ousted by military in two years

Gabon’s prime minister, Ali Bongo, has become the latest in a string of African leaders to be ousted by a military coup in recent years. Bongo, who had just won a third term in power, was ousted by a junta of senior officers who have named General Brice Oligui Nguema…

Al Jazeera

‘Family affair’: Gabon opposition lambasts coup, claims election victory

Ossa said the military takeover was ‘a palace revolution, not a coup’ staged to keep the Bongo family in power in Gabon.

Al Jazeera

Season of putsch: Why have coups become popular in Africa?

Military leaders are exploiting disenchantment with democratic leadership amid deteriorating economic conditions.

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