The former family and the previous family arrived in Angola

The authorities there, former president of Japon, Ali Bongo, who was removed from the 2023 coup, announced to Angola now.

The Angolan Presidency added In a statement published on social media The Bongo family was released from the detention and was with him in Luanda.

She faced the wife and son of Bongo, Silvia and Nourdin, with corruption and was imprisoned in 2023.

They have not yet publicly commented on the charges, but Mrs. Pongo’s lawyer described her detention Arbitration and illegal.

The release of the family comes after the family head of Joao Loreno, who is currently heading the African Union, visited Libeville and held talks with his Gabonese counterpart, Price Oligoy Nujima – the former general who led the coup against Bongo before it was Winning a landslide in the presidential elections last month.

The Gabonese Prosecutor Edi Minang says that the launch of Mrs. Pongo and her son is only temporary, due to poor health and that the legal procedures against the two will continue.

In the photos released by the Angola Presidency, Bongo can be seen as a reception upon his arrival at the airport, with a woman who appears to be his wife behind him.

Ali Bongo, whose father Omar Bongo ruled Gabon for more than four decades, led the country for 14 years until the coup in 2023.

After stopping his arrest at home where he remained, although the Gabonese authorities say he was free to move as he wished.

His wife and son were arrested in prison and then released earlier this week after a request from the Bongo family lawyer, according to Mr. Minang.

In response to their release, opposition leader Alan Claude Billy said that current President Alegwe Nujima has bent “to international demands after everyone understood that it was an abuse of power.”

Silvia and Noureddin Bongo accused of embezzlement of public funds, as Mrs. Bongo specifically faces accusations of forgery, money laundering and forgery of documents.

Bongo was explicit in condemning what he described as “violence and torture” facing his wife and son, although the authorities denied that the husband was subjected to harsh treatment.

During the 14 years of power, the Bongo family was accused of gathering wealth for themselves at the expense of the country – allegations they deny.

Although Gabon is an oil -rich nation, a third of its population lives below the poverty line, according to the United Nations.

In a sign of temperatures between Gabon and its continental counterparts, the African Union approved the country to the bloc at the end of last month after the suspension of its membership due to the coup.

In a statement, the head of the commission, Mahmoud Ali Yusuf, said that he hoped that “the example of Gabon will inspire similar paths towards constitutional restoration throughout the continent.”

Military leaders in West Africa, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso resisted pressure to hand over civilians.