Clan rifts widen as Bongos pushed out of state jobs

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Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering 

The business agent Franck Ping, the son of Gabon's former foreign minister Jean Ping, is the main architect of the electrification deal signed by the German company Gauff Engineering and the government of Niger.

Omar Denis Jr Bongo family feud ratchets up a notch in Paris 

Breaking news published on 15/11/21 at 12:45 - An ongoing row pitting Omar Denis Jr Bongo against his half-brothers and sisters turned physical in Paris last week. The close presence of Omar Bongo's son and Edith Lucie Sassou Nguesso at the Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso's side, threatens to turn the Parisian incident into a diplomatic crisis.

French Riviera hideaway for president's half-brother Christian Bongo in jeopardy 

The Schengen visa of Christian Bongo, half brother to the Gabonese president Ali Bongo, expired at the end of April.

Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua" 

On 18 April, Fidel Andjoua Ondimba, the brother of Gabon's former president Omar Bongo and Ndjobi grand master, died and was buried shortly after in Franceville. His son, a presidential advisor, has replaced him at the head of this traditional ritual widely practised in Haut-Ogooué, the Bongo family stronghold.

The discreet new Côte d'Azur life of Ali Bongo's half-brother 

Based in Nice since November 2020, the Gabonese president's half-brother Christian Bongo still sits on the board of BGFI Congo and presides over SAREP, and he is now planning a comeback in one of his favourite sectors:

Alex-Bernard Bongo sidelined as state digital agency focusses on privatisation 

The freeze-out of Alex-Bernard Bongo, the president's half-brother who has run Gabon's digital infrastructure for the past ten years, is the sign of greater changes to come in the management of the country's networks.

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

They fall out, make up and then fall out again... Now, the Gabonese president's sister and the first lady have patched up up their differences once again. But their reconciliation is having repercussions in the president's family and even on the functioning of the president's office.

Ali Bongo keeps it in the family 

Despite opening the new government up to the opposition, the president continues to surround himself with a small handful of loyal relatives. Analysis.