Ahmet Emin Donmez
03 January 2022•Update: 03 January 2022
YAOUNDE, Cameroon
The West African nation of Gabon, a former French colony, will join the British Commonwealth in 2022.
President Ali Bongo Ondimba made the announcement in a televised address that the country would become the 55th member of the Commonwealth in 2022.
"This is a major turning point for our country," he said, adding that joining in a such multicultural group would be "promising" for his country.
The nation of nearly 2.5 million people began the official process of joining the Commonwealth in 2020.
The Commonwealth is a group of 54 countries across five continents, headed by British Queen Elizabeth II and largely made up of former UK colonies.
