Nguema overthrew President Ali Bongo Ondimba in 2023 and then led the country’s transition before running and winning the ...

Prior to the April 12 election, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema had limited influence over the Bongo family's affairs. His rise to power was marked by the August 2023 coup, which led to the ousting of ...

Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup that ended a decades long political ...

In Gabon, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has officially taken office as president, following a landslide victory in the ...

Nguema, the former head of the country’s Republican Guard, toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba in August 2023 in a bloodless coup, ending a 55-year political dynasty begun by Bongo’s father ...

The interim president, Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, 50, the former head of the republican guard, toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba nearly two years ago. He hopes to consolidate his grip on ...

Military head Oligui Nguema is the strongest candidate, but his ties to the old government have led to criticism.

Ali Bongo Ondimba, had secured a third seven-year term with a crushing 64% of the vote. It was hard to see this official result as credible. Ali Bongo, who succeeded his father Omar in 2009 ...

The interim president, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba two years ago. He hopes to consolidate his grip on power for a new seven-year term in office ...

Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was deposed in 2023. With that coup, Mr. Nguema ended the run of one of Africa’s longest-ruling families. Omar Bongo held power for 41 years, and his son held office for 14.

Oligui Nguema, the former head of the country’s Republican Guard, toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba nearly two years ago. He hopes to consolidate his grip on power for a seven-year term in office.