LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-On Aug. 29 military officers took over power in Gabon hours after the electoral commission declared Ali Bongo Ondimba, 64, re-elected as president for a third term with 64% of the vote. But the fairness of the polls had been under scrutiny by the opposition coalition that alleged malpractice and international groups…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST President Bola Tinubu has expressed his deep concern over the political situation in Gabon and the socio-political stability in that country. Tinubu’s reaction came hours after a group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were “putting an end to the current regime” and cancelling an election that, according…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema’s coup against Gabon’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba is a spectacular act of betrayal. As well as being commander of the Republican Guard responsible for Bongo’s security, Nguema is the president’s own cousin. It is also the ninth such military power grab in central and west Africa since 2020,…