Military officers in Gabon have declared they were seizing power from President Ali Bongo Ondimba in a stunning coup, threatening the family’s half-century rule over the central African nation.

A military coup thrust the Central African nation of Gabon into turmoil Wednesday, unseating the president – whose family had held power for more than half a century – just minutes after he ...

Gabon's coup marked the eighth to occur in West and Central Africa since 2020. It came about a month after a military junta in Niger ousted the West African nation's democratically elected government.

At least 12 Gabon soldiers appeared on television in the capital Libreville Wednesday announcing they were taking over, cancelling the results of the country's recent election and dissolving ...

The arrests on Tuesday came days after she and her husband, Gabon's former leader Ali Bongo Ondimba, testified in a French court.

Are military coups on the rise in Africa? 05:03 A group of high-ranking military officers in the West African nation of Gabon announced on public television Wednesday that they were "putting an ...

Broadcaster Gabon TV, in a special programme in the election, said the official turnout figure issued by the interior ministry was 71 percent, with the "yes" vote comfortably ahead.

Gabon is the latest country to experience a military takeover. Oil-rich and biodiverse, it was ruled by one family for over half a century — until just over a month ago.

Ali Bongo Ondimba, left, the ousted president of Gabon, receiving Abdou Abarry of the United Nations office for central Africa, at his home in Libreville, in an image from state-run television.