Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba

President Ali Bongo Ondimba is trying to reassert his authority after months of recuperation following a stroke in November 2018...

President Ali Bongo Ondimba is trying to reassert his authority after months of recuperation following a stroke in November 2018...

With the installation of his son Noureddin Bongo-Valentin as the 'general coordinator of presidential affairs' recuperating stroke victim President Ali Bongo Ondimba – or those acting for him – has reasserted the Bongo clan's hold on power...

With the installation of his son Noureddin Bongo-Valentin as the 'general coordinator of presidential affairs' recuperating stroke victim President Ali Bongo Ondimba – or those acting for him – has reasserted the Bongo clan's hold on power...

Ali's returnA handful of mutinous soldiers seized national television stations for a few hours on 7 January 2019 prompting the slowly recovering Ali Bongo to return fleetingly but symbolically to Libreville from treatment in Morocco to attend the swearing-in of a new government...

The role of gatekeeper and trusted advisor may be a training ground for a presidential run when Ali Bongo completes his term in 2023 opposition groups say...

Politics was to the fore during his first trip abroad this year: M6 was in his residence at Ekwata beach Libreville during the 7 January failed coup against President Ali Bongo Ondimba while a Moroccan frigate stood offshore...

Politics was to the fore during his first trip abroad this year: M6 was in his residence at Ekwata beach Libreville during the 7 January failed coup against President Ali Bongo Ondimba while a Moroccan frigate stood offshore...

The public relations firm handling the conference is offering interviews with Khama and President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon but not with Masisi...

The public relations firm handling the conference is offering interviews with Khama and President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon but not with Masisi...

But France would have to use its leverage in Central Africa on all three key regional presidents Déby President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon and Sassou-Nguesso...

But France would have to use its leverage in Central Africa on all three key regional presidents Déby President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon and Sassou-Nguesso...

Trovoada spends most of his time in Gabon as a guest of his old friend President Ali Bongo Ondimba who introduced him to President Paul Kagame...

Trovoada spends most of his time in Gabon as a guest of his old friend President Ali Bongo Ondimba who introduced him to President Paul Kagame...

M6 has dazzled his hosts with his energetic regional diplomacy and lightning tours of the continent dropping in on old friends such as President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville and old schoolmate President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon but the lustre threatens to wear thin...

M6 has dazzled his hosts with his energetic regional diplomacy and lightning tours of the continent dropping in on old friends such as President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville and old schoolmate President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon but the lustre threatens to wear thin...

For several years now French activists have brought lawsuits against not only the Obiangs but also the Congo-B's Sassou-Nguesso family and that of President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon for receiving stolen property...

For several years now French activists have brought lawsuits against not only the Obiangs but also the Congo-B's Sassou-Nguesso family and that of President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon for receiving stolen property...

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...

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...

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 the International Monetary Fund...

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 the International Monetary Fund...

Between them Ali Ben Bongo and his late father Omar Bongo Ondimba who died in 2009 spent $125 mn...

while Ali Bongo is said to have spent more than $350 mn...