内容摘要：Follow the twists and turns of Trump's second presidential term with North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher's weekly

Follow the twists and turns of Trump's second presidential term with North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher's weekly

"Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo will now finally be able to turn the page, heal and rebuild their lives," Mr Zimeray said.The BBC has contacted Gabon's presidency for comment on the release and subsequent departure of the Bongo family to Angola.

The authorities have previously denied subjecting the Sylvia Bongo and her son to cruel treatment.Gabonese prosecutor Eddy Minang says the release of Mrs Bongo and her son is merely provisional, owing to poor health and that legal proceedings against the two will continue.The family's release comes after Angolan President João Lourenço, who currently heads the African Union, visited Libreville and held talks with his Gabonese counterpart Brice Oligui Nguema - the former general who led the coup against Bongo before being

Ali Bongo, whose father Omar ruled Gabon for more than four decades, was in power for 14 years until the 2023 coup.After his toppling he was placed under house arrest where he reportedly remained, although Gabonese authorities say he was free to move about as he wished.

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

Reacting to their release, opposition leader Alain Claude Bilie-by-Nze said current President Oligui Nguema had bowed "to international demands after what everyone understood to be an abuse of power".In September 1999 the novelist Jeffrey Archer was selected by party members, beating Steve Norris.

But in a plot twist reminiscent of one of his books, Archer withdrew from the race a few months later after it was alleged he had committed perjury in a famous libel case.Lord Archer had secured the Conservative nomination with backing from former prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, who in 1992 had made him a peer.

Five years earlier, in 1987, Archer had won a libel case against The Daily Star which published a story that he had paid off a sex worker called Monica Coghlan.After his selection as a mayoral candidate, a former friend of Archer's told the News of the World that he had lied in the libel trial and asked him to provide a false alibi.