Libreville, Gabon, Jan 27, 2026 (AFP) - Gabon's new president faces first social protest

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Less than a year after being elected, Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema is facing his first wave of social unrest, with teachers on strike and other civil servants threatening to down tools. The last action by teachers took place in 2022 under then president Ali Bongo, whose family ruled the small central African country for 55 years. Oligui overthrew Bongo in a military coup a few months later and acted on some of the teachers' concerns, bu......

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