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The African Union announces the suspension of Gabon's membership after the country's military instigates a coup d'état.
2023-08-31

Officers of the Gabonese military depose president Ali Bongo and annul the results of the general election in which Bongo was declared the winner. They also dissolve the government and close all borders.
2023-08-30

Gabon's main opposition parties field former education minister Albert Ondo Ossa as their presidential candidate in the upcoming election, challenging the incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba who seeks a third term.
2023-08-18

Togo and Gabon officially become members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
2022-06-25

Two United Nation peacekeepers, from Gabon and Morocco, are killed in an ambush by anti-balaka insurgents near Bangassou, Central African Republic, according to MINUSCA.
2021-01-18

At least 45 people drown and 60 are missing after a boat carrying Nigerian migrants capsizes and sinks off shore from Libreville, Gabon.
2013-03-21

Ten people are injured following clashes between anti-government protesters and police in Gabon.
2012-08-16

The African Union choose Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma of South Africa as its leader, making her the first woman to occupy the post, in a hard fought battle with incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon.
2012-07-15

Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi reaches 41 years in power; there are less than 24 months left until he is scheduled to become Africa's longest serving ruler, overtaking former Gabonese President Omar Bongo who died in 2009.
2011-01-16

Fossils discovered at the Franceville site in Gabon are claimed to be evidence that multicellular life on Earth began at least 1.5 billion years earlier than currently reckoned.
2010-07-1