AFRICA

Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, commander-in-chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard, the country’s most powerful security unit, has emerged as leader of the military junta that ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba on August 30, 2023. The swift shift from electoral results to military intervention saw Nguema, a cousin of Bongo, leading …

Nigerian president and current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reacted to the August 30 coup in Gabon, stressing that he was worried with the developments. In a statement signed by his spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu said the coup situation seem to be a sign …

In the wake of the August 30 coup in Gabon, ousted president Ali Bongo was placed under house arrest and his eldest son and wife ‘taken away’ to unknown locations he said in his address appealing for help. It turns out that the military junta that seized power was holding …

Ukerewe Mariam (30) narrates how it has been difficult to work for fishermen on a fishing island and how she endures some abusive language to earn a living. She says to work on a fishing island, one has to be strong enough. This is because most fishermen there would ask …

Ali Bongo, the man ousted as Gabon’s president, is a man of many faces. To some, he is a spoilt, playboy prince who saw ruling the oil-rich Gabon as his birthright; a one-time funk singer who stepped into his father’s shoes to continue his family’s (now 53-year long) rule. To …

Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo has confirmed that a coup has taken place in the country in an unofficial address to international friends. In a 51-second video shared on social media, Bongo is seen in a room at the presidential palace appealing to his friends across the world to ‘make …

Coup announcement Gabones soldiers in the wee hours of Wednesday, August 30, 2023; announced that they have seized power in the Central African country. The announcement was made via national television. According to the soldiers, they were setting aside results of August 26 presidential election. Incumbent Ali Bongo, now ousted, …

Members of the Gabon Armed forces have announced that they have taken over power in the country in a broadcast via national television. According to the military, they were setting aside results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. Gabon’s Electoral Commission declared that Mr …

The Delta State Police Command has announced that it arrested over 100 gay suspects carrying out a gay wedding ceremony at a hotel in the state. Announcing their arrest on Facebook, the state police said it would parade the suspects shortly. “Delta State Command has arrested over a hundred gay …

Escaped convict Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana were arrested in Tanzania. Free State ActionSA Chairperson, Patricia Kopane says it will be an insult and insensitive to release Dr Nandipha Magudumana on bail. Kopane says the fact that Magudumana was arrested in a foreign country shows that she does not …