Gabon News 2025

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...

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.

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...

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.

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?

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.

Gabon and the acquisition of Assala Energy: A strategic operation or a risky bet?

Gabon recently nationalized Assala Energy, formerly owned by investment fund Carlyle. The move reflects the government's desire to regain control of its strategic resources, particularly in the oil...