Gabonese President Ali Bongo, who was targeted Monday by an apparent coup, has struggled to emerge from the shadow cast by his father, Omar, ruler of the oil-rich West African state for more than four ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The former president of Gabon, who was ousted in a 2023 coup, has been allowed to leave the country and has flown to Angola with his family, the Angolan leader's office ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, right, and wife Sylvia Bongo Ondimba arrive to take their seats inside Westminster ...

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Voters in the oil-rich Gabon headed to polling stations on Saturday in a presidential election that the country’s military rulers hoped would legitimize their grip on power.

President Ali Bongo, whose stroke last October plunged Gabon into uncertainty, held a string of meetings on Monday ahead of the first gathering of the cabinet, according to the government. The ...

Almost two years after he led a coup to end more than five decades of Bongo dynasty rule, Gabon’s military leader Brice ...