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Bongo family opts for long European holiday

Already somewhat detached from the day-to-day running of the country, the presidential couple are planning to holiday for several weeks in Europe. [...] (105 words)

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Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

The Gabonese president has embarked on a series of sweeping changes within Gabon's embassies in the EU, with new ambassadors posted to Paris and Belin. [...]

GABON 20/07/2020

The women behind the new balance of power

As a sign of the new balance of power in Libreville, the entourage of two of the country's leading women - first lady Sylvia Bongo and president of Gabon's constitutional court Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo - has come away with the lion share's of the new government positions. [...]

GABON 09/06/2020

The Bongo family's sky-high surprise

Gabon's presidential family had until now been blissfully unaware that it does not actually own the two Boeings and Bombardier Global that it uses to jet around. After recently learning otherwise, it is having trouble working out who does control the planes. [...]

The Boeing 737 registering as P4-BBJ, frequently used by Sylvia Bongo. © Planespotters/Proville

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GABON 11/09/2019

Ali and Pascaline Bongo - a rock and a hard place for Delta Synergie

The increasingly frosty relationship between the presidential couple - Ali Bongo and his wife Sylvia Bongo - and the president's elder sister Pascaline Bongo is complicating the management of the family's assets. Nearly a third of these assets are held [. [...]

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GABON 12/06/2019

How Ali Bongo staged his comeback

Above and beyond the announcement of a government reshuffle, the purpose of the two speeches given by Ali Bongo on 8 June was to demonstrate that he was once again in full possession of his faculties, eight months after suffering [. [...]

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GABON 31/10/2018

How the state will make do without its leader

After fainting and being hospitalised on 24 October during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the Gabonese president Ali Bongo is likely to withdraw from state affairs for a number of weeks. Mechanisms to ensure the continuity of government business have [. [...]

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