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Gabon's new strongman meets regional envoy, opposition chief
AFP, Published on 06/09/2023
» LIBREVILLE - Gabon's new strongman on Tuesday met central Africa's mediator for the country following a coup last week that brought the curtain down on the 55-year Bongo dynasty.
President under house arrest after Gabon coup
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» LIBREVILLE, Gabon: Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor.
Gabon officers say election result cancelled, 'regime' ended
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» LIBREVILLE - A group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were "putting an end to the current regime" and cancelling an election that, according to official results, President Ali Bongo Ondimba won.
Gabon's Bongo seeks third term
AFP, Published on 26/08/2023
» LIBREVILLE: Voters in Gabon headed to the polls on Saturday for a triple election in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that has ruled for 55 years, is seeking victory over a belatedly-united opposition.
Obiang wins sixth term as E.Guinea ruler
AFP, Published on 27/11/2022
» MALABO (EQUATORIAL GUINEA) - Equatorial Guinea's ruler Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has been re-elected to a sixth term as president with 94.9 percent of the votes cast, election officials announced on Saturday, putting turnout for the vote at 98 percent.
Equatorial Guinea's poor lose hope in promised social housing
AFP, Published on 27/11/2022
» MALABO (EQUATORIAL GUINEA) - Brand new homes intended for Equatorial Guinea's lower-income families have cropped up across the capital Malabo, but shanty town residents say they are going to the middle class and wealthy instead.
Equatorial Guinea votes with veteran ruler set for sixth term
AFP, Published on 20/11/2022
» MALABO (EQUATORIAL GUINEA) - Equatorial Guinea went to the polls on Sunday, with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo all-but certain of winning a record sixth term in a the West African country with next to no opposition.
Death toll in Nigeria church massacre rises to 40
Reuters, Published on 09/06/2022
» ABUJA: Forty people were killed in a massacre at a Catholic church in Nigeria's Ondo State on Sunday and 61 survivors are still being treated in hospital, the state governor said on Thursday.
Nigeria's ruling party picks candidate for 2023 election
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» ABUJA - Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress or APC party on Wednesday picked former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate for the 2023 election to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, who steps down after two terms.
Gun attack on church in southwest Nigeria leaves 21 dead
AFP, Published on 07/06/2022
» LAGOS - Gunmen killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation.