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- Vol 50 No 23
- 20/11/2009
And throw away the key
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 barrack...
- Vol 50 No 16
- 07/08/2009
After Bongo, more Bongo
He already controls the military and now Ali Ben Bongo intends to control the whole country
- Vol 50 No 13
- 26/06/2009
No funeral for Françafrique
On 16 June, Francophone leaders came to bury El HadjOmar Bongo Ondimba, éminence grise of the occult Françafrique networks, and to keep alive the personalised relations between France and its former colonies. Yet no current leader - Presidents Laurent ...
- Vol 50 No 12
- 12/06/2009
Après Bongo
Foreign leaders head to Libreville for the 16 June state funeral of President Omar Bongo Ondimba, 'le Grand Camerade', and the cabinet meets to discuss the succession
- Vol 50 No 11
- 29/05/2009
A filial succession
A crafty old spendthrift nears his end, seeming to have the succession as well as the budget well under control
- Vol 50 No 11
- 29/05/2009
Looking for a sense of security
As Defence Minister, Ali Ben Bongo has brought in a new Chief of Army Staff, Colonel Major Jean-Claude Ella Ekogha, and a new head of the Conseil National de Sécurité, Col. Maj. Jean-Philippe Ntumpa Lebani. Before his father left for Sp...
- Vol 50 No 6
- 20/03/2009
Farewell, Lady Bongo
The death of First Lady Edith Lucie Bongo Ondimba née Sassou-Nguesso and her subsequent grand funeral in Libreville on 19 March has prompted a wave of sympathy and political manoeuvring from Africa’s Francophone elite and French officials. Some see it as ...
- Vol 49 No 21
- 17/10/2008
Spiralling serpents
President Omar Bongo Ondimba’s anti-corruption drive has produced unexpected results.As Harvard University and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced that Gabon was among the top ten best governed African countries, another scandal among its top officials ha...
- Vol 49 No 9
- 25/04/2008
Politique a l'Americaine
The election season has started with the usual components of fraud, corruption and attempts by the government to co-opt any credible opposition candidates. A review of the national electoral register ahead of the 27 April local elections showed that 110,0...
- Vol 48 No 22
- 02/11/2007
Digging Belinga
Gabonese are outraged at the terms of a US$3 billion iron ore project at Bélinga and the likely damage to the country’s national parks. We hear that the recently founded Compagnie Minière de Bélinga (Comibel), jointly owned...
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