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Prior to abolition, Gabon had an ongoing moratorium on executions since Ngokouta's death in 1985. On 13 September 2007, Gabon's Council of Ministers voted to ban the death penalty, a decision which garnered praise from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, who released a statement declaring, "This decision reinforces the growing movement towards the abolition of ...
Gabon: 11 August 1985 [20] Alexandre Mandja Ngokouta coup attempt firing squad: C Gambia: 24 August 2012 [21] [22] Lamin B. Darboe, Alieu Bah, Lamin Jarju, Dawda Bojang, Abubacarr Yarboi, Malang Sonko, Lamin F. Jammeh, Gibril Bah and Tabara Samba treason and murder: firearm: C Ghana: 12 July 1993 [4] 12 men murder and robbery: firearm: C Guinea ...
Ali Bongo Ondimba (born Alain-Bernard Bongo; 9 February 1959), [1] [2] also known as Ali Bongo and Ali Ben Bongo, [1] is a Gabonese former politician who was the third president of Gabon from 2009 to 2023. [3] [4] [5] He is a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party. He is the son of Omar Bongo, who was president of Gabon from
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.
President pleads for support and calls for citizens to ‘make noise’ in video from his residence Gabon president Ali Bongo ‘under house arrest’ as military says it has seized power in coup ...
The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world. A longtime politician and one-time funk musician, the French-educated Bongo, 64, is a ...
Death penalty for murder; instigating a minor's or a mentally ill's suicide; treason; terrorism; a second conviction for drug trafficking; aircraft hijacking; aggravated robbery; espionage; kidnapping; being a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit a capital offence; attempted murder by those sentenced to life imprisonment if the attempt ...
Gabonese President Ali Bongo, speaking from apparent house arrest on Wednesday, asked the international community to "make noise" to support him and his family in a video shared widely online ...