Noureddin Bongo

Spotlight | Gabon
Freemasons chose new leader to replace Ali Bongo

The Grande Loge du Gabon, the powerful Masonic lodge headed until recently by the now deposed president Ali Bongo, has found a new Grand Master in the person of Jacques Denis Tsanga.

Spotlight | Gabon
Maurel & Prom rivals hope for post-coup reallocation of Carlyle assets

The new regime in Libreville will need to give its verdict on the planned sale of Carlyle's oil assets in Gabon to Maurel & Prom. Ali Bongo's government did not formally approve the deal and some disappointed parties believe they have an opportunity to get back into the running.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Brice Oligui Nguema, Tidjane Thiam

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Republic of Congo French media boss visits Denis Sassou-Nguesso at home

GabonCharles Mba behind Tidjane Thiam's visit to Libreville

GabonGeneral Oligui Nguema's on a mission to woo region's leaders

Gabon
Gagan Gupta's bid to save Arise involves tricky negotiations

On 30 September, Gabon coup leader Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema met with Indian tycoon Gagan Gupta, who is reportedly close to Noureddin Bongo, the son of fallen president Ali Bongo. But Gupta had spent several days of enforced waiting.

Gabon
General Oligui to scrutinise debts of Ali Bongo era

With the assistance of military intelligence and the BGFI bank, a new task force is to conduct an inventory of the state's debts as well as looking into transactions conducted by advisers to Noureddin Bongo.

Gabon
Gabon coup: oil minister Massassa questioned by intelligence services

Ali Bongo's final oil minister, Vincent de Paul Massassa, is being investigated by the Gabonese intelligence services. It's a situation that is worrying some oil operators in the country.

Palace Intrigues
Ali Bongo, William Ruto, Nasser Bourita

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Gabon the untold story behind Ali Bongo's distress call

Kenya Kenyatta's confidant's support for Ruto goes down badly

Morocco Bourita resumes talks with the French ambassador

Congo, Gabon
Omar Denis Junior Bongo's Brazzaville dowry sparks hopes of Gabon detente

The grandson of Congolese president Sassou Nguesso has given his fiancée's family a dowry at a ceremony in Brazzaville in the presence Omar Bongo's eldest daughter Pascaline, heralding a further thaw in relations between the two countries.

Gabon
Businessman Noureddin Bongo sets up new London investment firm

As Gabon's political classes gear up for this summer's elections, the ex-coordinator of presidential affairs Noureddin Bongo is quietly tending to his business affairs in London, where he has set up the firm Loup LTD to invest in the tech sector.

The New Guard
Gabon, Morocco, South Africa, DR Congo

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Gabon Marc Tchango, Ali Bongo's spokesman in Port Gentil

Morocco Mehdi Alj, following in his father's footsteps to head the Sanam empire

South Africa Joy Maimela, head honcho at the ANC's new youth league

DR Congo Eric Tshikuma, journalist, entrepreneur, and now MP

Gabon
Frédéric Bongo hits the comeback trail via intelligence

After three years of being sidelined, Frédéric Bongo, Ali Bongo's half-brother, is working on creating a system for coordinating the intelligence services. It's a project that's being discreetly supported by the president's son, Noureddin Bongo.

DRC
Ex-Bell Pottinger staff lend helping hand to Kinshasa

Increasingly concerned about the advance of the M23 rebels in the east of the country, DR Congo president Felix Tshisekedi has been scouring for help abroad to push his case.

Gabon
Why Ali Bongo dissolved the Ministry of Public Works

The closure of the Ministry of Public Works by Ali Bongo and its placing under the prime minister's responsibility shows the desire of the Head of State to make it a priority issue for the 2023 election, yet also hides a renewal of tension between his son, Noureddin Bongo, and the First Lady, Sylvia Bongo.

France, Gabon
French inquiry into Laccruche detention extends to highest echelons of state

The French investigating judge Elodie Meryanne, who since last year has been investigating the conditions of detention of Ali Bongo's Franco-Gabonese ex-chief of staff Brice Laccruche in Gabon, has been seeking to interview the most senior authorities in Libreville.