US EditionGabon to swear in ex-junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema as president
- Gabon's former junta leader Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as president on April 13, 2025, in Libreville's Angondje stadium.
- Nguema seized power via an August 2023 coup that ended the 55-year Bongo family rule and led a 19-month transition before the April 12 vote.
- The inauguration hosted several African leaders, including Ghana's John Mahama, highlighting Gabon's strategic oil resources and regional diplomatic interests.
- Nguema won nearly 95 percent in a contested April 12 election, and the Interior Ministry urged citizens to welcome guests and beautify areas near the stadium.
- Nguema faces challenges like youth unemployment at 40 percent, aging infrastructure, and rising public debt forecast at 80 percent of GDP this year.
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Gabon: New President, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, has been invested
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, winner of the presidential election on 12 April, was sworn in at the Angondjé stadium on the outskirts of Libreville on Saturday, 3 May, in front of some 15 African leaders who came for the occasion. Promising to work for a "new Gabon", he became the first president of the Fifth Gabonese Republic, 20 months after the overthrow of Ali Bongo.
"In Gabon, the system has changed its face, but no one knows yet whether it has changed its nature"
DECRYPTAGE. Elected after a putsch, Oligui Nguema embodies the hope of a rupture, but for political scientist Jean Delors Biyogue, if the face of the Gabonese system has changed, its nature remains uncertain.
Gabon to swear in ex-junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema as president
Gabon's President-elect Brice Oligui Nguema who led a coup ending 55 years of Bongo family rule, swept polls last month with nearly 95 percent of the vote. He will be sworn in on Saturday and officially takes the presidential reins after leading a 19-month transition government.
Jacob Zuma Leads MK Party Delegation to Gabon Presidential Inauguration Amid Internal Tensions
Former South African president Jacob Zuma made his first significant international appearance since his 2023 prison sentence remission by attending Friday’s inauguration of Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema. The high-profile delegation from Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party included his daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, along with senior party officials Magasela Mzobe, Floyd Shivambu, and Mpiyakhe Limba. The trip highlighted the MK Party’s e…
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