Vol 61 No 9 | GABON Bongo returns 30th April 2020 President Ali Bongo Ondimba is trying to reassert his authority after months of recuperation following a stroke in November 2018. The chief of staff at the Presidency, Brice Laccru...
Vol 60 No 25 | GABON The son also rises 19th December 2019 The man standing in for the President looked like he might be settling in, so the ruling clan swept him away and has appointed a dauphin With the installation of his son Noureddin Bongo-Valentin as the 'general coordinator of presidential affairs', recuperating stroke victim President Ali Bongo Ondimba – or th...
Vol 58 No 22 | GABON Bongo clubbed in Paris 3rd November 2017 The Paris Club of sovereign state creditors is threatening to derail President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's government's delicate balancing act on its foreign debt.
Vol 58 No 14 | GABON IMF to rescue of CFA 7th July 2017 The International Monetary Fund's US$642 million bail-out of Gabon has sparked a flurry of emergency loans to countries in the Communauté économique et monétaire de l'Afrique centr...
Vol 58 No 10 | GABON What Bongo owes 12th May 2017 The International Monetary Fund has confirmed the dire state of the Gabonese economy in its Regional Economic Outlook report for sub-Saharan Africa, released on 9 May. Far worse th...
Vol 58 No 9 | GABON Bongo's fund embrace 28th April 2017 Oil can no longer cover up the cracks in the economy. The IMF is being urged to demand an end to the elite's profligacy Extravagant spending, collapsing oil revenue and a ruling elite that views state funds as its own property have pushed President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's government into the arms of...
Vol 58 No 4 | GABON Professional fouls 17th February 2017 Ali Ben Bongo tried to make a festival of the Cup of Nations. But many were still angry about last August's disputed election Opponents of President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba hesitated over whether to use the Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON), the continent's football jamboree held every two years, to kick off fr...
Vol 58 No 2 | GABON Vote row threatens economy 20th January 2017 Fallout from the disputed presidential election is affecting an already deteriorating economic outlook Two crises will dominate Gabon's political landscape in 2017: President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's legitimacy as President and the economy. Bongo is badly tarnished both at home and a...
Vol 57 No 20 | GABON One-man dialogues 7th October 2016 After Gabon's shambolic presidential vote in August and the swearing in of Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba on 27 September for a new seven-year term, both government and opposition are offer...
Vol 57 No 18 | GABON Bongo's incredible win 9th September 2016 The deep suspicion around the President's wafer-thin election victory could affect his standing as concern about instability grows Fraud played a major part in President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's narrow victory in the presidential election of 27 August, independent observers widely believe. The controversy is so...
