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Omar Bongo

Gabon
French author drops a bombshell on the presidential palace

Almost everything in Ali Bongo’s CV, whether it be his nationality, his baccalaureate result, his university degrees or his presidential [...]

Subscribers only 29.10.2014

Gabon
Ali Bongo mired in social unrest

Five years after coming to power Ali Bongo has been unable to halt the social crises that regularly paralyse the country.

Subscribers only Politics 22.10.2014

Gabon
Louis Gaston Mayila in poor health

Gabonese lawyer Louis-Gaston Mayila has been transferred to Libreville’s Chambrier clinic for medical reasons. Mayila was arrested on September 25 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.10.2014

Insiders | Congo
Denis Gokana, Denis Sassou Nguesso's influential oil supremo

Denis Auguste Marie Gokana has little taste for socialising and is relatively secretive about his professional and personal activities. He [...]

Subscribers only 20.10.2014

Gabon
Mborantsuo’s private university

Gabon’s decrepit public universities contrast with a gleaming new private institution owned by constitutional council chair Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo.

Subscribers only Politics 24.09.2014

Gabon
BLAISE LOUEMBE (Kanal 7)

The TV channel Kanal 7 began broadcasting nationally in Gabon [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.09.2014

Gabon
Ali Bongo tries to rally region's Teke

Feeling isolated regionally, Ali Bongo is looking to strengthen the relationships that his late father Omar Bongo established with ethnic Teke in the countries bordering Gabon.

Subscribers only Politics 10.09.2014

Ghana, Nigeria
Accra turns back on WAGP

Fed up with waiting for its prime supplier of Nigerian [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.2014

Gabon
Bongo, Ping warm upforelectoral clash

Ali Bongo has been lashing back at Jean Ping's swingeing attacks on his regime. Although it is some way off yet, the 2016 presidential campaign is shaping up to be a dirty fight.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2014

Gabon
Unrest stirs in Libreville

Ali Bongo is back touring foreign parts again, perhaps in the hope of drawing attention away from Gabon's social and economic woes.

Subscribers only Politics 23.07.2014

Gabon
Ali Bongo guns for Opposition United Front

Ali Bongo is not impressed by the creation earlier this [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.07.2014

Gabon
Accrombessi survives Haut-Ogooue

Campaigning to be "reelected" as Gabon's leader, Ali Bongo has taken measures to obtain the support of his native Haut-Ogooue province without going so far as to axe his chief of staff Maixent Accrombessi, as some would have liked.

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Spotlight | Gabon
Ali Bongo, Jean Ping square off

It had seemed that former opposition leader Pierre Mamboundou's death in 2011 and Andre Mba Obame's failing health would give Ali Bongo a free run at the 2016 presidential elections. But that was before Jean Ping came onto the scene.

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2014

Gabon
"Council of war" against Ali Bongo in Paris!

With just two days to go to the third New York Forum Africa (NYFA), which is due to take place [...]

Subscribers only 21.05.2014

Gabon
Ping hones strategy against Ali

Jean Ping could be a serious challenger to Ali Bongo in the 2016 presidential elections. He has been mobilising his national and international contacts to beef up his political campaign.

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2014

France, Mali
Keita to mount counter-attack in Tomi affair

Cited in an article in Le Monde on March 28 that reported on his alleged ties with controversial Corsican businessman [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.04.2014

Gabon
Ping warms up for 2016

Former African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping’s recent attack on Ali Bongo was an early pre-electoral salvo.

Subscribers only Politics 12.02.2014

Gabon
Bongo places favorites in top government posts

Three close associates of president Ali Bongo are now running the key interior and defense ministries in the extended government [...]

Subscribers only 30.01.2014

Spotlight | Gabon
New generation elbows out elders

The electoral calendar determines the political timetable in Gabon. Profiting from the recent round of local elections, President Ali Bongo has taken a scalpel to the teams that are supposed to carry out his orders.

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Spotlight | Gabon
China keen on tripartite cooperation

The resolution of the COMIBEL (Belinga mining company) affair in Libreville end of last year has enabled Gabon to regain control of the iron ore deposit, CMEC (China Machinery Engineering Corp) to not lose face and Parisian legal expertise in [.

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

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Omar Bongo

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Gabon Ali Bongo tries to rally region's Teke

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Gabon Bongo, Ping warm upforelectoral clash

Gabon Unrest stirs in Libreville

Gabon Ali Bongo guns for Opposition United Front

Gabon Accrombessi survives Haut-Ogooue

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Gabon "Council of war" against Ali Bongo in Paris!

Gabon Ping hones strategy against Ali

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Gabon Ping warms up for 2016

Gabon Bongo places favorites in top government posts

Spotlight | Gabon New generation elbows out elders

Spotlight | Gabon China keen on tripartite cooperation

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About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Gabon
French author drops a bombshell on the presidential palace

Gabon
Ali Bongo mired in social unrest

Gabon
Louis Gaston Mayila in poor health

Insiders | Congo
Denis Gokana, Denis Sassou Nguesso's influential oil supremo

Gabon
Mborantsuo’s private university

Gabon
BLAISE LOUEMBE (Kanal 7)

Gabon
Ali Bongo tries to rally region's Teke

Ghana, Nigeria
Accra turns back on WAGP

Gabon
Bongo, Ping warm upforelectoral clash

Gabon
Unrest stirs in Libreville

Gabon
Ali Bongo guns for Opposition United Front

Gabon
Accrombessi survives Haut-Ogooue

Spotlight | Gabon
Ali Bongo, Jean Ping square off

Gabon
"Council of war" against Ali Bongo in Paris!

Gabon
Ping hones strategy against Ali

France, Mali
Keita to mount counter-attack in Tomi affair

Gabon
Ping warms up for 2016

Gabon
Bongo places favorites in top government posts

Spotlight | Gabon
New generation elbows out elders

Spotlight | Gabon
China keen on tripartite cooperation