Biya quickly replaced military commanders after General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's coup in Gabon in August 2023...

4% turnout according to official provisional results Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema begins his new seven-year mandate with significant political authority...

With trade unionist Jean-Rémy Yama disqualified from the 12 April first presidential ballot due to his inability to produce his father's birth certificate defeat for Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema – leader of the 30 August 2023 coup – is unlikely...

8% ‘Yes' vote in the 16 November referendum on the new constitution transitional head of state General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is set to run for the presidency in elections slated for August 2025 – despite his initial disavowal like most of his putschist peers in the region of any plans to extend his stay in power...

Gabon's President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has extolled his country's partnership with Beijing hailing China's role in bolstering Gabon's digital economy – which made it the first Central African country to test 5G technology – and praising China's provision of preferential loans to construct three modern vocational centres...

Washington sees the possibility of China building a military base on the coast of Gabon as well as other port investments by China on the African Atlantic coast as a strategic threat and is pulling out the stops to prevent junta leader General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema from going any further (AC Vol 64 No 21 General Nguema consolidates his palace coup)...

But after a relatively smooth first months in power for coup leader and transitional President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema a period of greater political complexity threatens...

The difficulties Biya faces were illustrated by the effort by the leader of Gabon's junta Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema to add Cameroon's capital to his tour of the region...