Vol 50 No 13 | GABONFRANCE No funeral for Françafrique 26th June 2009 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 Fra...
Vol 50 No 12 | GABON Après Bongo 12th June 2009 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 The death of El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba gives French President Nicolas Sarkozy the clearest chance to break with the opaque Françafrique networks, although he has avoided previous ...
Vol 50 No 11 | GABON A filial succession 29th May 2009 A crafty old spendthrift nears his end, seeming to have the succession as well as the budget well under control If President Omar Bongo Ondimba had a dollar for every time his demise was announced over the last 20 years, he would be even richer than he already is. The endgame in Gabon recall...
Vol 50 No 11 | GABON Looking for a sense of security 29th May 2009 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...
Vol 50 No 6 | GABON Farewell, Lady Bongo 20th March 2009 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 manoeu...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 4 | GABONCHINA Iron in the soul 20th February 2009 After renegotiating for better terms in the Bélinga iron ore deal and drops in commodity prices, parties in Beijing are no longer as keen on the deal Having won a dangerous game of brinkmanship, President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba is trying to re-excite China's interest in the Bélinga iron ore project. Since the end of...
Vol 49 No 21 | GABON Spiralling serpents 17th October 2008 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 ...
Vol 49 No 9 | GABON Politique a l'Americaine 25th April 2008 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...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 4 | GABON Jean Ping 6th November 2008 African Union Chairperson and Gabon's Foreign Affairs Minister The career of Gabon’s consummate diplomat owes its success less to the impact he made as President of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2004-05 than his acco...
Vol 48 No 22 | GABONCHINA Digging Belinga 2nd November 2007 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 found...