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GABON Defence Issue dated 10/07/2019

Brice Laccruche Alihanga makes inroads into intelligence community

Ali Bongo's ambitious chief of staff, who for a long time has had little purchase over the intelligence and security services, has managed to get several of his allies appointed in this domain. [...] (340 words)

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