Osimhen, Mbeumo Chase Final World Cup Slot
Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Cameroon’s Bryan Mbeumo are set for a tense battle to reach the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with only one likely to advance through the African play-offs. Nigeria will meet Gabon, while Cameroon face DR Congo in Thursday’s semi-finals in Rabat, Morocco. Winners will contest Sunday’s final for a place in the […]
Gabon Sets April 2025 for Presidential Elections
Gabon’s council of ministers says presidential elections would be held on April 12, 2025, marking an end to the military rule that began with a coup on August 30, 2023. Minutes of a ministerial cabinet meeting confirmed the date. Gabon’s interim President Brice Oligui Nguema seized power in a coup, the eight in West and central Africa […]
Gabon’s military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema has given up his salary as president and will only receive a wage as commander of the republican guard
The junta spokesperson Col Ulrich Manfoumbi in an announcement on Wednesdaysaid Gen Nguema took the decision because he was “aware of the socialemergencies and many expectations of the Gabonese people”. Apart from renouncing his salary as president, Gen Nguema, who became theinterim president following the overthrow of President Ali Bongo in August this year,also decided […]
