Gabon

Gabon Shuts Down Social Media as Threat to National Security

The Central African nation of Gabon on Wednesday announced it was suspending some social media platforms for spreading “inappropriate, defamatory, hateful, and abusive” content that was allegedly threatening “social cohesion, the stability of the republic’s institutions, and national security.”

Residents watch as the motorcade of France's President Emmanuel Macron passes by in Gabon

U.S. Deploys Troops to ‘Protect’ U.S. Diplomatic Assets in D.R. Congo

U.S. troops deployed to the central African nation of Gabon last week in response to prospective violence in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remain committed to their mission of protecting American diplomatic assets in the region despite unrest linked to a reportedly failed coup attempt in the Gabonese capital on Monday.

In this Thursday, July 14, 2011 file photo, U.S. soldiers board a U.S. military aircraft a