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Bongo sets off on steep, narrow path to reelection

With only six months to go before Gabon’s presidential elections, witch-hunts are the order of the day in Libreville. At the annual conference of the ruling PDG (Parti Democratique Gabonais) in the Gabonese capital on March 12, President Ali Bongo [...] (609 words)

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How the state will make do without its leader

After fainting and being hospitalised on 24 October during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the Gabonese president Ali Bongo is likely to withdraw from state affairs for a number of weeks. Mechanisms to ensure the continuity of government business have

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Jean-Gaspard Ntoutoume Ayi sets his sights on leading the opposition

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Francis Hubert Aubame in the vanguard of constitutional reform

The 61-year-old leader of the opposition party Parti souverainiste-ecologiste (PSE), Francis Hubert Aubame, will be one of the leading figures

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Ali Bongo's strategy to legitimise his second term

The president hopes the legislative elections will finally put the turmoil of the presidential election behind him.

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Alexandre Barro-Chambrier proposes himself as the third way

Having toured Europe in early July to raise awareness of the post-electoral crisis in Gabon, Alexandre Barro Chambrier, the 59-year-old

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Rene Ndemezo'o Obiang, the master of self-reinvention

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Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo’s job could be up for grabs

In trouble with the French judicial authorities, the president of Gabon’s Constitutional Court risks losing her post.

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New head of Gabonese employers’ body CPG

The Confederation of Gabonese Employers (CPG) appointed Alain Ba Oumar

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George Soros's networks of influence analysed

Olivier Laurent, Vincent Barbe and Stéphanie Erbs, all three members

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Charles Mba opens doors for Casimir Oye Mba in Paris

Charles Mba, a high-ranking Freemason and minister under late former

GABON Politics 05/10/2016

Lambert Matha gets A promotion!

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Presidential battle plays out in the United States

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GABON Politics 21/09/2016

All eyes now on the head of the constitutional court

A close relative of Ali Bongo, Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo takes her orders from the president’s office.

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GABON Politics 20/07/2016

Seaside palace in a tizzy ahead of elections

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René Aboghe Ella, Ali Bongo’s electoral watchdog

After having organised the 2009 elections which brought Ali Bongo to power, 57-year-old René Aboghe Ella, who has been head

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Everybody seeks to rope in Fang community

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Ali Bongo plans to have it out with Sassou in Oyo

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Opposition comes under pressure in Libreville

With just a few months to go to the August presidential elections, Ali Bongo’s opponents are coming increasingly under pressure

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Ali Bongo makes Congo visit to undermine rivals

Gabon’s president is making efforts to undermine the support of his biggest political rivals - Jean Ping and Guy Nzouba Ndama - in presidential palaces throughout the region ahead of the elections.

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Ali Bongo arms his guards and violates air safety rules!

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Guy Nzouba Ndama challenges Bongo to a duel

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Bongo outmanoeuvres PDG dissidents over presidential poll

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The rise and rise of Yves Fernand Manfoumbi

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Bongo’s henchmen lock down PDG party

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo is trying to get the upper-hand over dissenters inside the ruling PDG party.

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Gabon probe into Guy Nzouba-Ndama case focuses on Congolese lead

Minister Frank Nguema's business partners hotly dispute his handling of TV+

Clean Africa to lose Libreville waste contract

Ali Bongo and his heirs apparent

How the state will make do without its leader

Jean-Gaspard Ntoutoume Ayi sets his sights on leading the opposition

Ali Bongo's efforts to isolate Jean Ping

Francis Hubert Aubame in the vanguard of constitutional reform

Ali Bongo's strategy to legitimise his second term

Alexandre Barro-Chambrier proposes himself as the third way

Rene Ndemezo'o Obiang, the master of self-reinvention

Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo’s job could be up for grabs

New head of Gabonese employers’ body CPG

George Soros's networks of influence analysed

Charles Mba opens doors for Casimir Oye Mba in Paris

Lambert Matha gets A promotion!

Presidential battle plays out in the United States

All eyes now on the head of the constitutional court

Seaside palace in a tizzy ahead of elections

René Aboghe Ella, Ali Bongo’s electoral watchdog

Everybody seeks to rope in Fang community

Ali Bongo plans to have it out with Sassou in Oyo

Opposition comes under pressure in Libreville

Ali Bongo makes Congo visit to undermine rivals

Ali Bongo arms his guards and violates air safety rules!

Guy Nzouba Ndama challenges Bongo to a duel

Bongo outmanoeuvres PDG dissidents over presidential poll

Leon-Paul Ngoulakia wooed by Bongo adversaries

The rise and rise of Yves Fernand Manfoumbi

Bongo’s henchmen lock down PDG party

Ali Bongo tightens grip on power

Freemasons divided over Ali Bongo

Ali Bongo increasingly isolated in ruling PDG party

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