Tagged: gabon
Farida Adamu
Gabon Appoints First Female Prime Minister
The President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, has appointed Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda as Prime Minister. From February 2012 until January 2014, Ms Ossouka Raponda served as Budget Minister of Gabon. She was then elected the Mayor of Libreville, making her the first woman in that position in over 7 decades. In February 2019, she became […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Gabon Trade Union Protested Constitutional Changes with 3-Day Nationwide Strike
Protesting against a suspected plot to keep President Ali Bongo in power, members and workers of the National Trade Union in Gabon, embarked on a three-day strike between the 11th and 13th of December in a bid to kick against recent constitutional changes. The trade union, the largest in the country, called on its members […]
Staff Writer
2018 Gabon Legislative Election
Gabon is finally about to hold its legislative elections, a poll that was originally scheduled for December 2016 but delayed several times due to President Ali Bongo’s efforts to defuse the political tensions that followed his dodgy win in 2016’s presidential election. Senate and presidential elections in Gabon are held separately from legislative elections and […]