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Ping warms up for 2016

Former African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping’s recent attack on Ali Bongo was an early pre-electoral salvo. [...] (360 words)

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GABON
Ali Bongo
André Mba Obame
BEAC
Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Francis Aubame
Jean Ping
Joseph John-Nambo
Les Souverainistes
Marc Ona Essangui
Marcel Libama
Michel Ongoundou Loundah
Omar Bongo
Parti Democratique Gabonais
Philibert Andzembé, the
Pierre-Louis Agondjo-Okawé
Ping&Ping
Radegonde Djenno Mba
Union nationale

Ping's remaining supporters present a united front

Buoyed by the EU's stance on the 2016 presidential election, the former African Union Commission head is rallying opponents of the Gabonese leader to his cause. [...]

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Ali Bongo keeps watchful eye on rivals

Ali Bongo’s rehabilitation of the opposition party Union Nationale gives his rivals an official platform but also allows him to keep tabs on them more easily. [...]

GABON Politics 25/06/2014

Pascaline Bongo appeals to Ping

Confirmed on June 10 in the honorary role of Ali [...]

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GABON Politics 28/05/2014

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. [...]

GABON Politics 14/05/2014

Ping hones strategy against Ali

Jean Ping could be a serious challenger to Ali Bongo in the 2016 presidential elections. He has been mobilising his national and international contacts to beef up his political campaign. [...]

GABON Politics 30/04/2014

Jean Ping on warpath

Ali Bongo's regime is coming under attack at home as well as abroad - from Jean Ping, the former African Union commission chief who is mobilising opposition to Bongo in Libreville. [...]

GABON Politics 12/03/2014

Ping resignation sparks new defections

After his resignation from the ruling PDG party, Jacques Adiahenot, a former stalwart of Omar Bongo's regime, is expected to join forces with the former African Union commission chief. [...]

GABON Politics 26/02/2014

Total pays for Ping

Tax adjustments running into the hundreds of millions against Total and other foreign companies signal the financial situation in Gabon, but they are also a symptom of Libreville's gunning for Jean Ping. [...]

GABON Politics 03/07/2013

Ali and Pascaline fall out over oil

Oil, as well as their father Omar Bongo’s estate, is behind a fresh feud between Ali Bongo and his sister Pascaline. [...]

GABON Politics 19/06/2013

Rival Bongo memorials divide clan

The fourth anniversary of Omar Bongo's death highlighted the divisions among his descendants and his political heirs. [...]

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GABON Politics 19/12/2012

Ali Bongo takes on all comers

Defeating a 40-year-old establishment cannot be easy. In an effort to impose his vision and move forward with his "Emergence" project to develop Gabon, Ali Bongo is constantly having to do battle with his late father Omar Bongo's acolytes, as [. [...]

GABON Politics 24/10/2012

Bongo family gather in Paris

She’s no longer a presidential insider but the late Omar Bongo’s eldest daughter Pascaline Bongo can still rally certain members of the Bongo clan. [...]

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Marc Ona Essangui
Marcel Libama
Michel Ongoundou Loundah
Omar Bongo
Parti Democratique Gabonais
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Pierre-Louis Agondjo-Okawé
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Ping's remaining supporters present a united front

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Ping's remaining supporters present a united front

Ali Bongo keeps watchful eye on rivals

Pascaline Bongo appeals to Ping

Ali Bongo, Jean Ping square off

Ping hones strategy against Ali

Jean Ping on warpath

Ping resignation sparks new defections

Total pays for Ping

Ali and Pascaline fall out over oil

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Ali Bongo takes on all comers

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