Gabon: On President Omar Bongo's death

Ground Report 5 months ago Region: Gabon

Sunday night, French media announced the death of President Omar Bongo of Gabon, who had spent 41 of his 73 years in power. French newspaper Le Point reported that they received news of his death, by cancer, in a private clinic in Barcelona, through a “source close to the President's entourage”. AFP, on the other hand, reported a French governmental source. But later Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong told Ga... more

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U S Congress Quarries Omar Bongo for crack down on anti corruption crusaders

Ajong77 8 months ago Region: Gabon

For Arresting Anti Corruption Crusaders Gabon's Omar Bongo under Fire from US Congress By Laurean Ajong Mbapndah, Washington DC A day after President Barack Obama used the occasion of his inauguration to send what observers thought was a grim message to sit tight leaders, Gabonese President Omar Bongo has come under fire from the United States Congress following the arbitrary arrest and detention of anti corrupti... more

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Bank Accounts of World's Longest Serving Leader Seized In France

Ajong77 8 months ago Region: Gabon

Omar Bongo the President of Gabon, who is on record as the world's longest serving leader since the retirement of Cuba's Fidel Castro had some of his accounts in France freezed at the the behest of the French judiciary. A French court in the city of Bordeaux ordered Bongo's accounts to be forfeited in payment of money he received to release a jailed Frenchman Rene Cardona. Rene Cardona was reportedly jailed in Gabon a... more

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