Tag: Gabon

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has suspended most non-humanitarian aid to Gabon after a military takeover in the country last month that was at least the second this year in an African nation. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday a "pause in certain foreign assistance programs" to Gabon, pending a review of the circumstances that led to the ouster of the country's former leader President Ali Bongo Ondimba. Blinken said in a statement that the suspension would not affect US government operations in the oil-rich central African...