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Viewed from the outside, new President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba peacefully assumed the presidency on 16 October, after waiting more than a month for votes to be recounted for the 30 August national elections (AC Vol 50 No 16). However, in military barracks in Libreville and amongst soldiers from Bongo's home region of Haut-Ogooué, trouble was brewing under the surface....

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Keywords:

Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba, Omar Bongo Ondimba, Jean-Philippe Ntumpa Lebani, Idriss Ngari, André Mba Obame, Jean Eyéghé Ndong, United States, Samuel Mbaye, Grégoire Nkouna, Direction Générale de la Documentation et de l'Immigration, Garde Républicaine, Conseil National de Sécurité, Coalition des Groupes et Partis Politiques pour l'Alternance

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