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

• IVORY COAST/BURKINA FASO - Ouattara wary of the Burkinabe PM

• CONGO - Arlette Soudan-Nonault still enjoying the limelight

• GUINEA-BISSAU - Former PM Gomès calls on France and the UN to help

• EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Omar Denis Bongo Junior supports Obiang in Malabo

Chirac's former justice minister Perben tours African palaces 

Dominique Perben, who was a government minister throughout Jacques Chirac's presidency from 1995 to 2007, has been in Central Africa for over a week.

Frédéric Bongo is referred to a disciplinary board 

Breaking news published on 14/03/2022 at 11h45 : For a long time Ali Bongo's eyes and ears, the Republican Guard's former head of intelligence Frédéric Bongo is being sidelined, as tensions between the president's family and Omar-Denis Bongo Jr, the son of former President Omar Bongo rise.

Sassou NGuesso never without grandson Omar Denis by his side 

Omar Denis Junior Bongo Ondimba accompanies his grandfather, Congolese President Denis Sassou NGuesso, on every trip. Next up, the Paris Peace Forum, which begins on 11 November.

Clan rifts widen as Bongos pushed out of state jobs 

Fewer and fewer members of former president Omar Bongo's extended familiy occupy official positions, fuelling ill-feeling within the clan towards president Ali Bongo and his main advisor and eldest son, Noureddin Bongo.

From Libreville to Brazzaville, nobody trusts Omar Denis Jr Bongo 

Already ostracised by Gabon's presidential family, Ali Bongo's half-brother and Denis Sassou Nguesso's grandson Omar Denis Jr Bongo also has to deal with the mistrust, or even outright hostility, of people close to Congo's president.

Congo Telecom employees threaten to strike over Omar Denis Jr Bongo's new optical fibre concession 

The granting of an optical fibre concession to a company controlled by Omar Denis Jr Bongo, son of former Gabonese president Omar Bongo and grandson of Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso, has provoked a wave of protest among Congo Telecom employees.

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.