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Gabon: Gabon's Dollar Bonds Gain As Junta Sets Election for April
Daba Finance, 23 January 2025
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Gabon: Gabon Dispatches Government Ministers to Encourage Voter Registrations
VOA, 22 January 2025
Civilians in Gabon are being encouraged this month to register to vote in presidential elections scheduled for August 2025, as ordered by transitional President General Brica… Read more »
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West Africa: Gabon's Coup Leaders Have Changed the Constitution to Entrench Their Power
The Conversation Africa, 29 November 2024
More than a year after a military coup, Gabonese citizens have held a referendum in which they approved a new draft constitution. The constitutional revisions targeted dynastic… Read more »
Gabon's Junta Sets Date For Presidential Election
Markets have responded positively to announcement by Gabon's transitional government that presidential election will take place on April 12, 2025, which will mark a return to civilian rule. The military, led by current transitional president General Brice Oligui Nguem, overthrew former president Ali Bongo in 2023 following a disputed presidential election.
Under the new constitution, Gabon will shift to a presidential system and abolish the role of prime minister. With the country's reliance on oil revenues, analysts say political stability is crucial to its economic prospects.
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Gabon is set to hold a referendum on November 16 to vote on a new Constitution, sparking mixed reactions. The proposed Constitution will allow military leader General Brice C Read more »
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Gabonese voters approved the new Constitution proposed by the country's military rulers. The proposed new Constitution sets out a vision of a presidency with a maxi Read more »
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As Gabon approaches the first anniversary of the coup that ousted longtime President Ali Bongo Ondimba, supporters of the military chief General Brice Nguema who leads t Read more »
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General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led military officers in seizing power in Gabon, said the dissolution of the country's institutions was "temporary," amid pressure on the junta to ... Read more »
