Former Gabon leader Ali Bongo Ondimba and his family have been released from detention and arrived in Angola’s capital as confirmed by the Angolan presidency on May 16, 2025. Bongo was ousted in a ...

Military officers in Gabon have declared they were seizing power from President Ali Bongo Ondimba in a stunning coup, threatening the family’s half-century rule over the central African nation. Men in ...

Ali Bongo Ondimba is the President of Gabon. 'Creating a society where everyone has equal chances is not a political fantasy, but our democratic obligation as leaders ...

The condition of the deposed president was not immediately clear. LONDON -- Gabon's ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba has been released from house arrest a week after a group of mutinous soldiers ...

The military leaders who staged a coup in Gabon have freed ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba and he is now allowed to travel abroad, a junta spokesperson said Wednesday. Bongo has reportedly been ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — A group of military officers in Gabon has taken over the government and arrested President Ali Bongo Ondimba, moments after the election body announced that Bongo had won a ...

FILE - President of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on Sept. 21, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) CAPE TOWN, South ...

Before Ali Bongo Ondimba was ousted in late August, he and his family had ruled over the oil-rich central African state for more than half a century. By Abdi Latif Dahir Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya ...

Hailed as a climate visionary, Gabon’s president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was once welcomed to Buckingham Palace but was blindsided by this week’s coup. By Declan Walsh and Dionne Searcey Declan Walsh, the ...