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Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

Presidential affairs coordinator Noureddin Bongo, who is also the president's son, has for the last fortnight been campaigning over Gabon's domestic debt, deemed overvalued. He has also been placing his associates at the head of the country's main financial institutions. [...]

Published on 14.10.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Noureddin Bongo's parallel task force network

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On Sylvia Bongo's birthday, first couple travel to the Maldives

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Bonus scheme changes create dissent in the ranks at the economy ministry

Nicole Janine Roboty, who replaced economy minister Jean-Marie Ogandaga on 9 December, has inherited an explosive situation among staff at the ministry's various department. Tax and customs staff are in battle mode after having had their bonuses indexed on the amount of money they recover for the state.

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A second Bongo heir enters the presidency

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BGFI shadow hangs over presidency's debt task force

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Sylvia and Pascaline Bongo make up again in latest episode of palace soap opera

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Internal debt: Ernst & Young pits its calculations against those of PwC

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Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure

The 26-year-old half-brother of Ali Bongo and grandson of Denis Sassou Nguesso, Omar Denis Jr Bongo, appears to have been increasingly ostracised by the Gabonese president's clan, who suspect him of harbouring presidential ambitions for 2023.

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Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

After having been headed for 10 years by Serge Mickoto, the husband of President Ali Bongo's step-sister, Gabon's sovereign fund has been taken over by a close associate of Mohamed Ali Saliou, best friend of the president's son and closest adviser, Noureddin Bongo.

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