France, July 20 -- Oligui Nguema, on his second official visit to France, will be joined by an 80-strong delegation of business chiefs and political officials.

Gabon presidency spokesperson Theophane Nzame-Nze Biyoghe told reporters that the trip "will be an opportunity for the two heads of state... to follow up on the agreements signed in Libreville last November".

The visit marks another step in Oligui's rehabilitation after he seized power in an August 2023 coup that ended more than five decades of rule by the Bongo family. He was elected president in April 2025 after winning nearly 95 percent of votes.

"The sky has been cloudless between Libreville and Paris since the coup," political scientist Berges Miette of the International Un...