Tag: Gabon
Kuleba at the EU foreign ministers’ meeting: “The sanctions will be circumvented”
Status: 08/31/2023 7:55 p.m After the defense meeting, the Ukraine war also determined the foreign ministers’ meeting of the EU. The Ukrainian head of department Kuleba rejected criticism of the…
Central African countries condemn coup in Gabon
Status: 08/31/2023 4:10 p.m The Central African Economic Community has called on the putschists in Gabon to give in: the generals must restore constitutional order. The new interim president is…
Mixed results for EU defense ministers | tagesschau.de
Status: 08/30/2023 6:47 p.m After their informal meeting in Toledo, Spain, the EU defense ministers draw a mixed balance. The Baltic states have criticized hesitant aid to Ukraine. The coups…
End of the political summit, Brice Oligui Nguema at the head of Gabon and scooters in Paris
Did you miss the news this early morning? We’ve put together a recap to help you see things more clearly. The political summit in Saint-Denis lasted twelve hours. Emmanuel Macron…
After military coup in Gabon: “The army has liberated our country”
Status: 08/31/2023 04:07 Again the military has seized power in an African country. But in Gabon, the population is celebrating the coup as a liberation from an autocrat who has…
France condemns military coup in Gabon | tagesschau.de
Status: 08/30/2023 2:54 p.m The French government has expressed its concern about the situation in Gabon. EU foreign policy chief Borrell said another military coup would increase instability in the…
Gabon: How the Bongo clan made themselves rich and the people poor
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba was overthrown by the military after his controversial re-election. This ends a clan rule that lasted more than 50 years, leaving behind a rich family…
Overthrow: Putsch in Gabon: the military takes power
Another coup in Africa. After Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the army has now also taken power further south in Gabon. But this time the population celebrates the coup as…
Overthrow: Putsch in Gabon: military declares takeover of power
overthrow Putsch in Gabon: military declares takeover of power According to the putschists, Ali Bongo Ondimba was placed under house arrest. photo © Mary Altaffer/AP/dpa The military has staged a…
Video: People celebrate after military coup in Gabon
The military coup is the eighth in West and Central Africa since 2020. Most recently, the army took power in Niger, before that in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Chad.…