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Spotlight GABON Document Issue dated 04/12/2019

Gloves come off in secretive crackdown on Brice Laccruche Alihanga

In the absence of the president Ali Bongo, who returned to Libreville on 27 November after a stay in London, the Gabonese courts swiftly launched an anti-corruption drive that is targeting as a priority the allies of the president's former [...] (667 words)

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