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Oct
13
2023
By The African Mirror
Wife of Gabon’s deposed leader Ali Bongo jailed, AFP reports

Wife of Gabon’s deposed leader Ali Bongo jailed, AFP reports

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The wife of Gabon's deposed leader Ali Bongo has been jailed, the AFP news agency said in a post on social media platform X, citing a lawyer. Gabon army officers seized power on August 30, annulling an election minutes after an announcement that President Ali Bongo had won, which they said was not credible. Bongo, in power since 2009, had succeeded his father Omar Bongo, who ruled for 42 years.
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Jul
10
2023
By The African Mirror
Gabon President Bongo to run for re-election in August

Gabon President Bongo to run for re-election in August

NEWS
GABON President Ali Bongo will run for re-election in August, he said, in a bid to extend his family's 56-year grip on power in the Central African country. "Because nothing matters more than your success, I am announcing today that I am a candidate", Bongo told a small crowd of cheering supporters. Elections are scheduled for August 26. Bongo, 64, has been president of the oil-producing nation for two seven-year terms since succeeding his father Omar, who died in 2009 after ruling since 1967. Gabon has no constitutional term limits. Both of Bongo's election wins were disputed by the opposition,…
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Jan
11
2023
By The African Mirror
Gabon names vice-president and new prime minister

Gabon names vice-president and new prime minister

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GABON'S President Ali Bongo appointed the country's first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to the role of vice-president and named a new PM to replace her, his secretary general said. Ossouka Raponda, 59, was appointed in July 2020 after her predecessor stepped down. She was defence minister before that. She had to navigate a delicate political scene as prime minister after a coup attempt in 2019 while Bongo was on prolonged medical leave following a stroke. Former minister Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze will replace Ossouka Raponda and form a new government, Bongo's secretary general Jean-Yves Teale said in…
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Jul
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Gabon appoints first woman prime minister amid government shakeup

Gabon appoints first woman prime minister amid government shakeup

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GABON President Ali Bongo has promoted his defence minister, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, to prime minister, the first time a woman has held the role in the country. Ossouka Raponda, 56, is the sixth prime minister appointed since Bongo succeeded his father in 2009. Her first job is to form a new government after her predecessor, Julien Nkoghe Bekale, stepped down earlier in the day. She will take on two major challenges: declining oil production and prices, which have weighed on growth in recent years, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Central African country has registered nearly 6,000 cases to date.…
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