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A constitutional referendum was held and approved in Gabon on 16 November 2024. [1] The vote was on a new constitution; [2] it proposed, among other things, a 7-year presidential term, renewable once consecutively. [3] The referendum may lead to the return to a civilian regime which the military junta promised after the coup d'état in 2023. [4]
A constitutional referendum was held in Gabon on 23 July 1995. The vote sought public opinion on the implementation of the Paris Accords, which advised that constitutional reforms agreed to by the government and opposition during negotiations the previous year should be put into place. [1]
In August 2023, a general election was held where incumbent president Ali Bongo won a third term with 64% of the votes. The results were heavily controversial and disputed and four days later, the Gabonese Army and the Gabonese Republican Guard, led by Brigadier General Brice Oligui Nguema, who was a cousin of Bongo, led a coup d'état which ousted and arrested Bongo and his government ...
A referendum on the new constitution of France was held in French Gabon on 28 September 1958 as part of a wider referendum held across the French Union. The new constitution would see the country become part of the new French Community if accepted, or result in independence if rejected. It was approved by 92.6% of voters, with a 78.7% turnout.
23 August – Gabon reports its first case of mpox in a patient who had visited Uganda. [3] 30 September – The International Court of Justice begins hearings on a territorial dispute between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea over ownership of the islands of Mbanie, Cocotier and Conga, which have been occupied by Gabon since 1972. [4]
The African Union, representing 55 member states, condemned the coup and has suspended Gabon from participating in all of the group’s activities “until the restoration of constitutional order.”
May 1946 French constitutional referendum in Gabon–Moyen Congo; October 1946 French constitutional referendum in Gabon–Moyen Congo; 1958 Gabonese constitutional referendum; 1995 Gabonese constitutional referendum; 2024 Gabonese constitutional referendum
The ouster of Gabon's president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population's grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power, analysts ...