Gabon News 2025

Nouveau Code électoral du Gabon : une porte ouverte à la militarisation de la politique ?

En adaptant un Code électoral sur mesure, Brice Oligui Nguema semble ouvrir une véritable boite de Pandore. Après une Constitution sur mesure et un référendum tout aussi calculé, l’idée d’une élect...

Gel des financements de la banque mondiale : Oligui est-il en train de couler l'économie du Gabon ?

Le gel des financements de la Banque mondiale, officialisé le 16 décembre, frappe de plein fouet le Gabon en pleine transition politique. Perte de crédibilité, paralysie des projets d'infrastructur...

Bonkoungou, Duro, Ryan… La « Légion Etrangère » de Brice Oligui Nguema

Le Gabon sous le régime de transition de Brice Oligui Nguema est-il sous influence étrangère ? Alors que la Banque mondiale sanctionne le pays pour ses impayés, des personnalités non gabonaises com...

Présidentielle au Gabon : Oligui fixe la date au 22 mars 2025 sous haute pression politique

La date est tombée : les élections présidentielles au Gabon auront lieu le 22 mars 2025. Une information qui a fuité du palais présidentiel, et qui intervient dans un contexte explosif, marqué par ...

Gabon : un séisme politique contre Oligui, l’union sacrée est en marche

Un front historique contre Oligui Nguema se forme au Gabon : Moussavou, Ondo Ossa, Bilie-By-Nzé et Onanga Y’Obégué unissent leurs forces.

Gabon: Pharmacies stop dispensing medicines, revealing the exhaustion of state coffers

Gabonese pharmacies are suspending the dispensing of medicines, illustrating the exhaustion of public finances and the repeated economic failures of the Oligui Nguema regime. The Gabonese Phar...

Press release from the Gabon2025 Collective to the international community: following recent repressive excesses and human rights violations in Gabon

We deplore the confirmed death of a young Gabonese soldier, Johan Bounda , second master in the Gabonese Navy, died as a result of torture inflicted by members of the General Directorate of Coun...

Oligui faces the shaving affair: the opportunistic lifting of the curfew to avoid punishing the military

Gabon's Interior Ministry recently announced the lifting of the curfew, a decision that surprised many citizens. Officially, the measure was justified by an improvement in general security. Howeve...

Exclusive: Hervé Patrick Opiangah chooses Jonas Moulenda for his first public speaking engagement on the run

Accused of rape, incest and endangering state security, Hervé Patrick Opiangah denounces a plot orchestrated by Oligui Nguema to eliminate him politically.

Brice Oligui mows down human rights in Gabon

Under the reign of Brice Oligui, the Gabonese transition is sinking into an alarming dictatorship. Curfews, night raids, humiliations: Gabonese youth are targeted, while the international community...

Gabon: The True Story of the Coup

Discover the secret ambitions and schemes of Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, from Operation Scorpion to the 2023 coup d'état, including his Machiavellian plans to reshape Gabon.

Oligui launched into a hunt for activists: what future for the protest in Gabon?

The Brice Oligui Nguema regime in Gabon is intensifying repression by criminalizing diaspora activists for their criticism on social networks. Analysis of a governance drifting towards authoritaria...

Hervé Patrick Opiangah: The escape that ridicules Oligui's military junta

On the run, Hervé Patrick Opiangah ridicules Oligui's junta. Flight, borders and tensions: a power in disarray.

Energy in Gabon: Did General Oligui Waste $3 Million a Month on Useless Boats?

$3 million spent each month on unused generator boats, threatening Turkish diplomacy, and a silent energy minister. Brice Oligui Nguema is struggling to maintain the authority of the Gabonese state...

BGFIBank / Delta Synergie: racket disguised as reform, or continuation of the purge?

Analysis of the recent takeovers of BGFIBank by the Oligui Nguema regime in Gabon. Between political purge, pressure on Delta Synergie and questioning of the Gabonese economy, tensions are intensif...

GABON: WITCH HUNT VERSION 2.0? WOMEN IN THE LINE OF FOCUS

In a political transition marked by an unprecedented wave of repression, women are becoming the preferred targets of the Oligui Nguema regime. Arbitrary arrests, abusive detentions, and political i...

OF BIRDS AND MEN: WHEN RFI COMES TO THE RESCUE OF OLIGUI NGUEMA

Gabon is going through a historic crisis, mixing political instability, economic collapse and social tensions. However, RFI focuses on Ali Bongo's exotic birds, a media diversion that obscures t...

After the referendum, Hervé Patrick Opiangha continued: signs of an expected political purge?

Just a few days after the announced triumph of the "yes" vote in the constitutional referendum, Gabon seems to be embarking on a dynamic of targeted purges against political opponents. Hervé Patric...

Referendum 2024: colossal expenditure, more than opaque financing

Gabon's 2024 referendum: budgetary opacity and political scandals. Gab'Oil financed the "Yes" campaign in total secrecy, and many other private sources of funding are yet to be discovered.

US Interference in Africa: USIP Vice President Joseph Sany and Ambassador Vernelle Trim Fitzpatrick Complicit in Electoral Fraud in Gabon?

The United States involved in an electoral fraud scandal in Gabon through its ambassador Vernelle Trim FitzPatrick and Joseph Sany, the Africa man in the White House?

120% Voters: The Poll That Defies the Laws of Mathematics

What was supposed to be a crucial democratic exercise has turned into a real electoral farce, where the figures presented defy logic, mathematics and common sense. A fraud on a countrywide scale, i...

The Bible of Anomalies: In-depth Analysis of Dysfunctions during the Gabonese Referendum and Questioning the Role of Observers

The 2024 referendum elections in Gabon have sparked intense controversy, particularly due to the numerous anomalies noted during the process. This dossier aims to list and analyze these irregul...

A closely watched observer: Cécile Abadie on the Gabonese referendum

Gabon's 2024 constitutional referendum, which is expected to mark a crucial stage in the country's political transition, is at the heart of heated controversy. Beyond questions about how the vo...

Constitutional referendum: Stalinist scores, fanciful participation, absence of election night… when the election turns into a farce

An election in Gabon described as a sham, revealing inconsistencies and blatant suspicions of fraud.

Referendum in Gabon: a day of voting between corruption and manipulation

Between envelopes of thousands of CFA francs discreetly distributed in the pockets of voters, and colors skillfully chosen to influence the collective unconscious, everything seems to be done so th...

Gabonese constitutional referendum: Did you say change?

Did you say change? Where are the promises of August 2023?

Anonymous email from government communications department reveals hidden poll in favor of "no" and "plan B" for CEO

The Gabon2025 editorial team received an anonymous email last night, sent from the official email address of the government's communications department, and received by our editorial team, reve...

Recall of unblocked salaries: or how to buy the Gabonese with their own money, while further increasing the state debt.

As announced last week, a few days before the referendum, the Gabonese government is releasing salary arrears for tens of thousands of civil servants who had been waiting for several months.

Salary reminders: a document leak orchestrated to motivate before the referendum, but the coffers are empty

In a move reminiscent of the recently leaked constitutional text, a document containing precise details on Gabonese civil servants' back pay has been discreetly put into circulation. The lis...

Silver Spring: Brice Clotaire Oligui-Nguema's house for sale, a troubling signal before the Referendum

As Gabon prepares to vote for the constitutional referendum that could redefine the rules of the political game, a particular ad has just been discovered that could make a lot of noise: the hous...

The paradox of the curfew in Gabon: freedom promised, freedom denied?

The paradox of the curfew in Gabon: freedom promised, freedom denied? It is one of the most debated topics on social networks and in the streets of Gabon: the persistence of the curfew establish...

Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nzé: a former Prime Minister who aspires to better

Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nzé, former strongman of the Bongo regime, is today a free man whose voice weighs on the Gabonese political scene. What is his future?

A Controversial Constitution: Who Opposes It?

Many Gabonese are speaking out against the current constitution. Among them, Billie-By-Nze, Albert Ondo Ossa and Mike Jocktane, but also many members of civil society.

Article 43 Loophole: What if Anyone Could Become President?

The Gabonese Constitution, as a fundamental law, is supposed to guarantee institutional stability and ensure the proper functioning of the State. However, a thorough analysis of Articles 43 and...

Jean-Valentin Leyama: a free voice that rises

Jean-Valentin Leyama, an emblematic figure in Gabonese politics, has built a reputation as a man with strong positions, whether in relation to the current transitional regime or in the context ...

New Gabonese Constitution: An alarming step backwards on Oligui's promises regarding foreign land ownership

As Gabon prepares to vote in a referendum on the draft of a new Constitution, a significant change is attracting attention: the possible possibility for foreigners, whether individuals or legal...

François Ndong Obiang dismissed from Réagir for supporting the “yes” vote in the referendum, between corruption and ethnic favoritism

The Gabonese party Réagir is going through a major crisis after the dismissal of its president François Ndong Obiang. Accused of unilateral decisions and controversial support for the constitut...

"Oligui's Constitution does not inaugurate a Second Gabonese Republic" affirm international experts Grimm and Smith

Interview with two European constitutionalists on the new Gabonese constitution The Gabon2025 Collective, through its network, had the chance to interview Dieter Grimm, former judge of the Germa...

Gabon’s Constitution: Democratic Promises or Authoritarian Excesses?

The draft Gabonese constitution reveals a desire to display reforms in favor of modernity, stability and democracy. However, beneath its appearance of progress, certain provisions raise questions a...

Marie Madeleine Mbourantsuo, the “brain” behind Oligui’s new constitution

The political transition in Gabon, led by the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), is taking an increasingly strange turn. After the unexpected alliance with the...

Does Oligui plan to release the text of the constitution before the referendum?

On November 16, everyone to the polls, it's official! "Yes" or "No"? One question is burning on everyone's lips: why do the Gabonese still not have access to the full text of the new Constitution? ...

Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo: the iron lady of Gabon, still as influential?

Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo, long nicknamed the “Iron Lady” of the Gabonese judicial system, made a remarkable return to the country’s political and institutional scene in early 2024. After decades...

Marcel Libama: The union activist and defender of democracy in Gabon

Marcel Libama, an emblematic figure of Gabonese trade unionism, has been an essential critical voice for years, denouncing both the excesses of the current power and the ambiguities of institut...

Open letter to Sydney Moussavou by the Gabon2025 Collective

Sydney, we write to you today with a heavy heart. It is with sadness that we must tell you that you have been abandoned by the Gabonese people. Despite your public apologies, despite those of your...

Why did Brice Oligui miss his date with history?

When Brice Oligui Nguema seized power in August 2023, following the coup d'état that overthrew Ali Bongo , he represented in the eyes of many Gabonese a chance to break with governance marked by ...

The rise of the Fang under Brice Oligui raises ethnic tensions among the Bilopes

The political climate in Gabon appears increasingly marked by ethnic tensions, exacerbated by recent events involving Marc Ona Essangui, an influential senator and controversial figure on the polit...

Brice Oligui and the PDG: why did the President of the Transition make an agreement with the fallen party?

It is no longer a secret to anyone: Brice Oligui Nguema and the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) have concluded an agreement that makes all those who believed in the transition grind their teeth. ...

Laetitia Ngalibika, new muse of Brice Oligui Nguema: The war of egos in the presidency?

Laetitia Ngalibika, star presenter of Gabon 24 , has become the key figure in Brice Oligui Nguema's communication, maintaining a very, if not too close, relationship with the President. This su...

A petition to free Sydney Moussavou, the mocking Punu teenager who became a national hero!

Sydney Jean-Baptiste Moussavou Kouma, a young Punu imprisoned for "disrespecting" transitional president Brice Oligui Nguema , has become, in spite of himself, a symbol of resistance in Gabon . ...

This is not a debate!: Is the minister threatening citizens voting 'No' in the referendum?

The recent publication of a press release from the Ministry of the Interior and Security, signed by Hermann Immonagault, has sparked a real uproar on social networks. The message, intended to calm...