Spotlight | Gabon
Ali Bongo, Jean Ping square off

It had seemed that former opposition leader Pierre Mamboundou's death in 2011 and Andre Mba Obame's failing health would give Ali Bongo a free run at the 2016 presidential elections. But that was before Jean Ping came onto the scene. [...]
Published on 28.05.2014 at 23:01 GMT Reading time 3 minutes
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