Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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
On 30 August 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Gabon shortly after the announcement that incumbent president Ali Bongo had won the general election held on 26 August. It was the eighth successful coup to occur in West and Central Africa since 2020.
He served as an aide-de-camp to President Omar Bongo until his death in 2009. He then served as a military attaché at the Gabonese embassies in Morocco and Senegal. [11] In October 2018, he was recalled to Gabon where he replaced President Ali Bongo's half-brother Colonel Frédéric Bongo at the head of the intelligence service of the ...
Gabon military claims to have taken control of country as gun fire heard ringing out in capital Libreville Gabon coup – live: Military says president Ali Bongo under house arrest after ...
A military coup thrust the Central African nation of Gabon into turmoil Wednesday, unseating the president – whose family had held power for more than half a century – just minutes after he ...
Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed the republican guard chief as their country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging ...
Acting president Rose Francine Rogombé received the condolences of several world leaders following the death of Bongo. Cameroonian President Paul Biya sent his condolences to Rose Francine Rogombé, describing Bongo's death as "a great loss" to both Gabon and Africa and saying that Bongo was "an exceptional statesman and prominent political ...
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.