When it comes to Africa’s forest wildlife, few animals capture the imagination like the bongo antelope (Tragelaphus eurycerus). This magnificent creature, with its striking reddish-brown coat, bold ...

African leaders were working on a response on Thursday to officers in Gabon who ousted President Ali Bongo and installed a general as head of state, while the country's opposition said it wanted to ...

Gabon President Ali Bongo has been sworn in for a second 7-year term following a disputed election that sparked deadly violence and uncertainty for the Central African nation. Bongo took his oath of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The president of Gabon ...

LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Above the entrance to the towering oil ministry on a sleek boulevard in Gabon's ocean-front capital Libreville hangs a huge banner that reads like a warning: "Oil will run out ...

Gabonese President Omar Bongo during the conference of the Non-Aligned Movement in Lima. Peru, 1975.Diego Goldberg / Sygma / Corbis As Gabon begins a month of mourning and condolences pour in for ...

The wife of Gabon’s deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba, under house arrest since a coup in the central African country in late August, has been jailed, her lawyer said on Thursday. Sylvia Bongo ...