In one video obtained by CNN, people can be seen shouting “liberated!” and waving the Gabon flag in the Nzeng Ayong district of the capital, alongside military vehicles.

The number of ships sailing under the flag of Gabon is surging as the US steps up scrutiny on other nations associated with so-called dark-fleet vessels, according to maritime intelligence firm ...

“Gabon is important to Russia because it has been willing to register tankers that other flag states have dropped under Western pressure,” said Craig Kennedy, a former investment banker and ...