General Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as Gabon’s transitional president on Monday, pledging to “preserve the gains of democracy and fundamental freedoms” following last week’s coup. The Constitutional Court judge administered the oath at the Presidential Palace in the capital Libreville. Nguema, the head of the Committee for the ...
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is under house arrest and one of his sons has been arrested for “treason”, military officers said Wednesday, hours after announcing they had overthrown the government. “President Ali Bongo is under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors,” they said in a statement read ...
