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The editor-in-chief of L'Orient–Le Jour, Eduard Saab, was murdered on 16 May 1976. [5] The paper won the Grand Prix de la Francophonie from the Académie Française in 2021. L'Orient–Le Jour journalist Caroline Hayek was awarded the Albert Londres Prize for her coverage of the 2020 explosion at the Port of Beirut. [6]
Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Gabon. 9 January – Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba names Alain Claude Bilie By Nze as the new prime minister and head of government, replacing Rose Christiane Raponda after Ondimba issued a presidential decree. [1] 26 August – 2023 Gabonese general election:
Gabon was also ranked 136th out of 180 countries for the perception of corruption by Transparency International in 2022. [23] In a speech delivered on the country's Independence Day on 17 August, Bongo, a close ally of France, insisted that he would not allow Gabon to be subjected to "destabilization", referring to other recent coups in the region.
A constitutional referendum was held and approved in Gabon on 16 November 2024. [1] The vote was on a new constitution; [2] it proposed, among other things, a 7-year presidential term, renewable once consecutively. [3] The referendum may lead to the return to a civilian regime which the military junta promised after the coup d'état in 2023. [4]
The son of a Teke mother and Fang military officer, [5] [3] Oligui was born in Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon, which was regarded as a stronghold of the ruling Bongo family. [6] Via his mother, he is a cousin of former President Ali Bongo. [7] Oligui was mostly raised by his mother and her family in Haut-Ogooué, [6] [8] and studied at Omar Bongo ...
General elections were held in Gabon on 26 August 2023. [1] [2] Incumbent president Ali Bongo ran for re-election, [3] representing the Gabonese Democratic Party, which had ruled the country continuously since its independence from France in 1960, including 41 years under Bongo's father, Omar. Bongo was declared the winner on 30 August.
The editor-in-chief of L'Orient-Le Jour, Eduard Saab, was murdered on 16 May 1976. [5] The paper won the Grand Prix de la Francophonie from the Académie Française in 2021. L'Orient-Le Jour journalist Caroline Hayek was awarded the Albert Londres Prize for her coverage of the 2020 explosion at the Port of Beirut. [6]
Gabon 24 is Gabon's first bilingual non-stop news television channel, launched on 24 May 2016.Until May 2018, Gabon 24 was part of the Gabon Télévision group.. Decree 0152 of 4 May 2018 led to the creation, organization and operation of Gabon 24, and detached the channel from the larger Gabon Télévision group, as enshrined in its article 2: "it is created and attached to the Presidency of ...