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In Gabon, military leader proposes referendum on new constitution![Flag of Gabon (photo credit: pixabay) Flag of Gabon (photo credit: pixabay)](/sites/default/files/flag-1361390_1920_0.jpg)
30 August 2023
Military officers in Gabon say they have taken power and put the president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, under house arrest, as the country becomes the latest in Africa t…![President Ali Bongo (photo credit: Chatham House/flickr) President Ali Bongo (photo credit: Chatham House/flickr)](/sites/default/files/7293718250_a662228469_o_0.jpg)
12 April 2023
Five months before elections, the parliament in Gabon on Thursday voted to reduce the president's term from seven to five years.
The vote amends the Constitut…![Flag of Gabon (photo credit: David_Peterson via pixabay) Flag of Gabon (photo credit: David_Peterson via pixabay)](/sites/default/files/Gabon%20David_Peterson_pixabay.jpg)
14 February 2023
Gabon president proposes cutting presidential mandate to five years
LIBREVILLE, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Gabon President Ali Bongo on Monday proposed shortening the…![Flag of Gabon (photo credit: pixabay) Flag of Gabon (photo credit: pixabay)](/sites/default/files/international-2693166_1920.jpg)
30 December 2020
The Gabonese parliament, meeting in congress, adopted the new Constitution by an overwhelming majority. Out of 229 voters, 204 voted in favor, 25 against. There…![photo credit: pixabay photo credit: pixabay](/sites/default/files/flag-1361390_1920.jpg)
16 November 2018
Gabon's Constitutional Court has amended the rules of calling the council of ministers after the president's absence from the country threatened to paralyze dec…
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