The Former leader of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, and his family have been released from detention.
The ex-President and his family members have also arrived in Angola’s capital, Luanda.
The Angolan presidency announced this in a post on X on Friday.
“Following the initiatives made by the President of the Republic of Angola and President-in-Office of the African Union, Joao Lourenco, with President Brice Oligui Nguema of Gabon, the Bongo family has been released and has just arrived in Luanda,”;; the post read.
The development came after contacts between Angola President Joao Lourenco and Gabon’s new leader, Brice Oligui Nguema.
Bongo and his French-born wife, Sylvia, and son Noureddin, were accused of embezzling public funds.
DAILY POST reported that they were arrested after Nguema, a former junta leader, took power in a coup in August 2023 that ended the 55-year rule of the Bongo dynasty and was sworn in early May.
