Category: Gabon

‘Obama’s Man in Africa’

The ouster of the hopelessly corrupt Ali Bongo represents a particularly sharp rebuke of Obama, who groomed the Gabonese autocrat as one of his closest allies on the continent, writes Max Blumenthal.

The Bongo Family’s 56-Year Rule Over Gabon

Elections in the country during the dynasty’s decades in power were  followed by protests, then security force crackdowns and ultimately silence, writes Douglas Yates. Until Wednesday, when the Bongo regime was finally overthrown. 

Another Regime in ‘French Africa’ Is Toppled

Military officers in Gabon on Wednesday overthrew and arrested the country’s president, whose family ruled  since 1967.  It is the fourth coup in a former French African colony in the past three years as pressure mounts on Paris.

WATCH: UN Security Council on Ukraine

The U.S. has called for a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday at 10 am in order for Russia to “explain itself” over U.S. allegations that Moscow will “imminently” invade Ukraine, a charge even Kiev has denied. Watch it here.