The military leaders who staged a coup in Gabon have freed ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba and he is now allowed to travel abroad, a junta spokesperson said Wednesday. Bongo has reportedly been ...

While the Gabonese authorities say that their surprise release is temporary, the ousted former president and his family left the country for Angola. Several African heads of state have personally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba speaks during a trade conference in London in 2018. Chris Jackson/Getty Images The coup leaders ...

Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since he was deposed last week, is free and can travel abroad for medical treatment, the country's junta said as it ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The former president of Gabon, who was ousted in a 2023 coup, has been allowed to leave the country and has flown to Angola with his family, the Angolan leader's office ...

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In Gabon, leaders of last week’s coup said Wednesday ousted President Ali Bongo has been released from house arrest and is free to seek medical care abroad. Col. Ulrich Manfoumbi Manfoumbi: “The ...

THE FALL OF THE BONGO EMPIRE (4/5). While attending an investment conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the president suffered a stroke on 24 October 2018. His wife, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, immediately ...

President Ali Bongo has bounced back from a 2018 stroke that sidelined him for 10 months - Copyright AFP Abdul MAJEED President Ali Bongo has bounced back from a 2018 ...

March 21 (Reuters) - Here is a profile of Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who in a Reuters interview on Monday said his central African country would enjoy strong economic growth. [ID:nnN2143354 ...

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 Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya ...