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Ali Bongo goes to Paris

Ali Bongo decided to play it low-key for his first meeting with French President François Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris on July 5. Nearly three years after his return to power in a less-than-transparent poll, Bongo heads a [...] (655 words)

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