The Latest Breaking News from Gabon

Strong desire for change – even if it comes wearing combat fatigues – is feeding Africa’s series of putsches

Seizure of power announced on television, cancelling election results that gave president third term in office

A coup attempt is underway in Gabon. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a group of soldiers declared the “end to the regime” of President Ali Bongo, whose election for a third term as president had just been announced. He succeeded his father, Omar Bongo, in 2009 who had…

The ouster of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo early Wednesday came shortly after the country’s election commission announced the official results of the August 26 presidential election, handing the incumbent another disputed victory. But this time, it provided the spark for a military takeover to end more than half a century…

Nguema heads the Gabonese Presidency’s Republican Guard, the country’s most powerful security unit.

Brice Nguema, leader of the Republican Guard and relative to President Bongo, did not confirm his whereabouts.

The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world

The deposed president called on Gabonese citizens to ‘make noise’ after coup attempt.

As a group of senior Gabonese military officers announce they have seized power and placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest, we take a closer look at Gabon's economic situation. The Central African nation is the fourth-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, but a third of its population lives below…

Gabon is one of the largest producers of oil in Africa, yet much of its 2 million population live in poverty

Gabon military claims to have taken control of country as gun fire heard ringing out in capital Libreville