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Gabon’s junta frees deposed president on health grounds and appoints a new prime minister
Read full article: Gabon’s junta frees deposed president on health grounds and appoints a new prime ministerGabon’s junta has freed the country's deposed president on health grounds and appointed a new prime minister.
Gabon opposition leader alleges the ousted president's family arranged the coup to retain power
Read full article: Gabon opposition leader alleges the ousted president's family arranged the coup to retain powerGabon’s opposition leader is accusing the family of the recently ousted president of engineering his removal from power as a way of retaining their control in the oil-rich Central African nation.
Some in Africa are celebrating the coups. Many are fed up and desperate for change, analysts say
Read full article: Some in Africa are celebrating the coups. Many are fed up and desperate for change, analysts sayCoups that have resurfaced in Africa after years of stability are being celebrated by some.
Gabon election results were a 'smokescreen' for soldiers to oust unpopular president, analysts say
Read full article: Gabon election results were a 'smokescreen' for soldiers to oust unpopular president, analysts sayAnalysts say the ouster of Gabon’s president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population’s grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power.
Gabon's wealthy, dynastic leader thought he could resist Africa's trend of coups. He might be wrong
Read full article: Gabon's wealthy, dynastic leader thought he could resist Africa's trend of coups. He might be wrongThe president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world.
Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption
Read full article: Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruptionMutinous soldiers in Gabon have proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader after placing the newly re-elected president under house arrest and alleging massive embezzlement under his long-time rule over the oil-rich nation.
At Gabon talks, a debate on who pays to save world's forests
Read full article: At Gabon talks, a debate on who pays to save world's forestsA summit on how to protect the world’s largest forests underway in Gabon is set to be dominated by the issue of who pays for the protection and reforesting of lands that are home to some of the world’s most diverse species and contribute to limiting planet-warming emissions.
'An inspiration': Tributes to UK's late queen at UN meeting
Read full article: 'An inspiration': Tributes to UK's late queen at UN meetingThis year’s U.N. General Assembly meeting of world leaders comes on the heels of another event that reverberated internationally — the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.
Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference
Read full article: Africa urged to propose action on climate at conferenceGabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said at the third Africa Climate Week conference that Africa’s nations must develop strategies to address climate change which poses an existential threat to the continent’s megacities.