Gabon News 2025

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.

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...

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.

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.