The wife and son of former Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and Noureddin Bongo Valentin, are being tried in absentia on corruption-related charges. The high-profile trial opened on Monday before Gabon’s Special Criminal Court and is expected to continue throughout the week. The pair are among 13…
Gabon, the oil-rich Central African nation, went to the polls on Saturday for its first legislative and local elections since the 2023 military coup that ended more than five decades of rule by the Bongo political dynasty. More than 900,000 registered voters cast ballots to elect 145 members of the…
