(3 Minutes Read)
The AU’s peace and security council said that it is convinced that with Gabon’s political transition. Gabon was suspended when General Brice Oligui Nguema took power after overthrowing President Ali Bongo in August 2023.
Gabon is back in the community of African states after nearly two years out in the cold. The African Union (AU) said that sanctions against Libreville had been lifted, reintegrating the central African country into the bloc.
The AU’s peace and security council said that it is convinced that with Gabon’s political transition. Gabon was suspended when General Brice Oligui Nguema took power after overthrowing President Ali Bongo in August 2023.
In April, Oligui overwhelmingly won a presidential election where he was virtually unchallenged.
The lifting of sanctions comes just days before Oligui’s inauguration as president. Gabon’s foreign affairs ministry welcomed the removal of sanctions.
Read Also:
Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger remain suspended by the African Union for failure to revert to civilian rule. The countries are still ruled by juntas that overthrew popularly elected leaders.
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
Danish
English
French
Hindi
Italian
Norwegian
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish