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"French Congo. Natives from Gabon": Colonial postcard c.1905. In 1838 and 1841, France established a protectorate over the coastal regions of Gabon by treaties with Gabonese coastal chiefs. . American missionaries from New England established a mission at the mouth of the Komo River in 1842. In 1849, the French authorities captured an illegal slave ship and freed the captives on board. The ...
1940: the colony of Gabon rallies to the Free French (France libre) after several battles between Vichyste and Gaullistes. 1946: Jean-Hilaire Aubame, founder of the Union Démocratique et Sociale du Gabon, is the first Gabonese elected to the French National Assembly. 1946: Haut-Ogooué is definitively attached to Gabon.
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When President Leon Mba of Gabon was toppled by the military in 1964, then-French President Charles de Gaulle sprang into action and immediately sent French troops to restore Mba to power.
The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world. A longtime politician and one-time funk musician, the French-educated Bongo, 64, is a ...
Hundreds gathered in the centre of the capital. A year since a military coup in Gabon ended the Bongo dynasty's 56-year rule, the country marked the anniversary in festive mood this week with ...
Gabon history-related lists (11 P) C. Colonial heads of Gabon (1 C, 2 P) D. Defunct organizations based in Gabon (2 C) E. Historical events in Gabon (7 C) L.
Libreville (/ˈlibrəˌvil/; [2] French:) is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located on the Gabon Estuary. Libreville occupies 65 square kilometres (25 sq mi) of the northwestern province of Estuaire. Libreville is also a port on the Gabon Estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904. [3]