President Ali Bongo Ondimba, son of Omar Bongo who ruled for more than 41 years, was toppled on August 30, 2023 by army officers following elections in which he vied for a third term in office.

Mrs Ondimba created the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation entitled "For the family" in January 2011. It is aim was "to improve the plight of vulnerable and disadvantaged people around the world".

Gabon president Ali Bongo Ondimba records a video from his residence in Libreville, calling on supporters to make ‘noise’ (AP) ...

Omar Bongo took over Gabon’s presidency in 1967, seven years after the small nation liberated itself from France. It was little surprise that one of his sons, Ali, won the same seat three months after ...

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 Hailed as a climate ...

The wife of Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with "money laundering" and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after her husband was toppled in a coup.

Last week, Nguema led a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, a military takeover that appears to have truncated the Bongo family’s decades-long dominance over Gabonese politics.

Meanwhile, Gabon's new prime minister, Paul Biyoghe Mba, will now name his government on Monday, a source in his office said. - Sapa-AFP Ali Bongo Ondimba has been asked to carry the ruling party ...

Meet Ali Bongo Ondimba, Obama’s Man in Africa In an exclusive interview with Foreign Policy, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba talked U.S. military support and his father's controversial legacy.

Bongo has reportedly been held in house arrest since the coup in the Central African nation in late August. “Given his state of health, the former President of the Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba is ...

PRESIDENT Ali Bongo Ondimba’s grip on power in the West African country of Gabon has slipped since his health began failing in the autumn. The ruling Bongo family has been dogged by accusations ...

GABON president Ali Bongo Ondimba found himself at the centre of a scandal in August 2023 when military officers declared a coup against him, seeking to overturn the results of a presidential elect… ...