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AFCON: Gabon Suspends National Team, Bans Aubameyang

Kazeem Tunde — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 18:43:10 +0000

AFCON: Gabon Suspends National Team, Bans Aubameyang Gabon’s sports minister has announced the banning of veteran players Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bruno Ecuele Manga, the suspension of the whole national team, and the sacking of the coaching staff following the Panthers’ disastrous showing at the Africa Cup of Nations. An injury-time winner by Bazoumana Toure […]

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W’Cup Playoff: Aubameyang To Captain Gabon’s 27‑man Squad Against Nigeria

Kazeem Tunde — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:31:29 +0000

W’Cup Playoff: Aubameyang To Captain Gabon’s 27‑man Squad Against Nigeria Gabon’s head coach, Thierry Mouyouma, on Thursday unveiled a 27-man squad ahead of the team’s crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup African playoff clash with Nigeria’s Super Eagles. Speaking at a press conference in Libreville, Mouyouma named experienced stars, including former Arsenal and Barcelona striker […]

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Gabon Swears In Ex-junta Chief Oligui As President

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 03 May 2025 13:13:10 +0000

Gabon Swears In Ex-junta Chief Oligui As President Gabon began swearing in on Saturday President-elect Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup ending decades of Bongo family rule and swept polls last month with nearly 95 percent of the vote. The general and former junta leader, who toppled Ali Bongo in August 2023 ending 55 […]

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Gabon Charges Ousted President’s Wife With ‘Money Laundering’

Kazeem Tunde — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:55:17 +0000

Gabon Charges Ousted President’s Wife With ‘Money Laundering’ By AFP The wife of Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with “money laundering” and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after a coup toppled her husband. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, who is Franco-Gabonese, and one of the couple’s sons have […]

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Gabon: Son Of Ousted Leader Detained Over Treason, Graft Case

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:52:18 +0000

Gabon: Son Of Ousted Leader Detained Over Treason, Graft Case The son of Ali Bongo Ondimba and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with high treason and corruption and placed in custody, the state prosecutor told AFP Wednesday. Bongo’s eldest son Noureddin Bongo Valentin and former presidential spokesman Jessye Ella […]

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Gabon Coup Leader Sworn In As Interim President

Kazeem Tunde — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:34:53 +0000

Gabon Coup Leader Sworn In As Interim President Gabonese General, Brice Oligui Nguema, who last week led a coup ending 55 years of rule by the Bongo dynasty, was sworn in on Monday as interim president, AFP journalists saw. “I swear before God and the Gabonese people to faithfully preserve the republican regime,” said […]

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Gabon Reopens Border Three Days After Coup

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 19:00:41 +0000

Gabon Reopens Border Three Days After Coup Gabon has on Saturday reopened its borders three days after a military coup. An army spokesman made this known, three days after closing them during a military coup in which President Ali Bongo was ousted, according to Reuters. Military officers led by General Brice Nguema seized power […]

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Gabon Coup Leaders Name General Transitional President

Kazeem Tunde — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 13:09:14 +0000

Gabon Coup Leaders Name General Transitional President Leaders of the coup in Gabon on Wednesday named a general transitional president after seizing power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled for 55 years, was declared the winner. The claimed takeover sparked condemnation from the African Union and alarm […]

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I’m Closely Monitoring Unfolding Political Standoff In Gabon- Tinubu

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:24:05 +0000

I’m Closely Monitoring Unfolding Political Standoff In Gabon- Tinubu President Bola Tinubu is watching developments unfolding in Gabon very closely and with deep concern for the country’s socio-political stability and the seeming autocratic contagion appearing to spread to other parts of the African continent, his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale has said. The […]

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Gabon Coup Plotters: Why We Struck

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:02:35 +0000

Gabon Coup Plotters: Why We Struck Gabonese army officers under the aegis of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions on Wednesday morning announced on national television why they are taking over power from President Ali Bongo in the country. The soldiers highlighted serious institutional, political, economic and social crises as factors responsible […]

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