Gabon's Ousted Ali Bongo Released with Wife and Son

Gabon: Military leaders give up power

One-third of Gabonese citizens live below the poverty line Originally published on Global VoicesGabon’s national coat of arms surrounded by the coat of arms for Gabon’s nine provinces. Image by Jean Sovon, used with permission Almost two years after the military coup d’état, Gabon has restored civilian rule. However, the country now finds itself under the leadership of a former general who is starting a new chapter as a political leader. On Sept…

Gabon's ousted Ali Bongo released with wife and son

Gabon's ousted former president Ali Bongo has flown to Angola with his wife and son, who had been freed almost two years after being detained following a coup, Angola's presidency said on Friday. Story by Jennie Shin.

Gabon's ousted president freed after two years in detention

According to the Bongo family’s lawyer, François Zimeray, their release was a result of “long-term efforts both from judicial and diplomatic fronts.” The post Gabon’s ousted president freed after two years in detention appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

"Man, it is that our elites have exaggerated a lot." Mr. Touré is dismayed at the video of the overthrown president Ali Bongo, who, on a small plane, looking up, pleads in English to “his friends” that “make noise.” They are the first images of Bongo after this week’s coup d’état in Gabon and the man appears fragile, vulnerable, demanding a support with which his people certainly do not feel challenged. Neither his own, nor that of Mr. Touré, wh…

On 15 May 2025, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and her son Noureddin Bongo Valentin left Gabon for Angola, after about 20 months of detention. This exfiltration, motivated by medical reasons, according to Gabonese justice, marks a turning point in Gabonese governance. Indeed, the release of the wife and son of Ali Bongo and their exfiltration to Luanda, although criticized by opinion, illustrates the will of the new regime to establish a justice marked by…

Gabon's Ousted President And Family Freed After Two Years And Fly To Angola - Thepodiummedia

Gabon’s former President, Ali Bongo, who was deposed in a 2023 coup, has left the country and is now in Angola, the authorities there have announced. The Angolan presidency added in a statement posted on social media that Bongo’s family had been released from detention and were with him in Luanda. The Bongo family lawyer, François Zimeray, welcomed the release of his clients and denounced their “arbitrary and cruel imprisonment”. Bongo’s wife an…