ALL ABOUT GABON

Gabon, country lying on the west coast of Africa,

In the 14th century Bantu African immigrants settled the region.

In the late 15th century, traders and adventurers from Portugal came in the region.

it  became a center of the transatlantic slave ivory and tropical woods trade with European slave traders in the 16th century.

France established a protectorate over the coast between 1839 and 1841.

Gabon gained independence in 1960.

some wild life animals of Gabon are -:

GORILLA

ELEPHANT

ELEPHANT

HIPPOPOTAMUS

CHIMPANZEES

FOREST BUFFALO

RED RIVER HOG

BONGO

SUN-TAILED MONKEY

MANDRILL

GOLDEN CAT

JACKALS

WEST AFRICAN MANATEE

GENETS

CIVETS

There are 13 national parks in Gabon, all created in 2002 when President Omar Bongo established Gabon's National Agency for National Parks. The national parks cover 10% of the country.

Hamerkop

Cuckooshrike

Mousebird

Heliornithidae

President  Omar Bongo ruled Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009 For 56 years, Bongo's family has been in power.

General Brice Oligui Nguema is named as the head of the Junta Bongo, who is under house arrest, makes a plea for help as France condemns the coup from its soldiers in Gabon