In a dramatic turn of events, a group of uniformed Gabonese soldiers has taken to national television to announce the dissolution of all state institutions and the cancellation of the country’s contentious elections. This extraordinary declaration comes in the wake of the recent presidential race, which declared longtime leader Ali Bongo as the winner. During a live address in the early hours... 

Lawmakers in Gabon’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted to decriminalise homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between people of the same sex. Forty-eight members of parliament backed the proposed initiative by the government to revise an article of the 2019 law that criminalised homosexuality. Twenty-four voted... 

France has sent some 350 troops to the Central African Republic to counter the Seleka fighters, who have allegedly taken control of the capital city of Bangui. According to a senior official who spoke on condition of anonymity on Sunday, some 150 French military personnel were dispatched from Libreville, the capital of Gabon, a day after 200 French troops arrived in Bangui. This comes after fighters...