The Latest Breaking News from Gabon

French companies have wide-ranging business interests in Gabon worth hundreds of millions of euros. They are already feeling the economic effects after soldiers deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Wednesday.

The coup may have ended the reign of Ali Bongo’s immediate family, but it’s still about the elite preserving itself.

The body said it ‘strongly condemns the military takeover’ that resulted in the ouster of President Ali Bongo Ondimba.

The African Union's Peace and Security Council said Thursday it had decided to "immediately suspend" Gabon following a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo. The decision came as the junta that took power announced it would respect Gabon’s commitments at home and abroad in a bid to reassure the international…

A high-ranked military official, Gabon coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema served the ruling Bongo family for decades and was in charge of the elite security unit, the presidential guard.

Coups that have resurfaced in Africa after years of stability are being celebrated by some

A special broadcast on national television shows men in berets, body armour and fatigues. They gather around the podium. The announcement is brief: the armed forces are taking over. Gabon today, Niger last month. It’s the eighth coup in Francophone Africa in three years.

The European Union is growing increasingly concerned about “domino effects” as yet another military coup rocks Africa

A group of senior military officials in Gabon say they have seized power from the government just moments after results from its general election were declared.