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Raymond Ndong Sima

Gabon
Ali Bongo keeps watchful eye on rivals

Ali Bongo’s rehabilitation of the opposition party Union Nationale gives his rivals an official platform but also allows him to keep tabs on them more easily.

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2015

France, Gabon
Ndong Sima attacks Attias

In his book "Quel renouveau pour le Gabon?", which Pierre [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2015

Gabon
Raymond Ndong Sima settles his scores with the presidency

Banalities apart, the principal interest of the case made by Raymond Ndong Sima against Ali Bongo's style of government in [...]

Subscribers only 26.02.2015

Spotlight | Gabon
Opposition ups pressure on Ali Bongo

French journalist Pierre Pean's damning book on Ali Bongo, "New African Affairs: Lies and Pillaging in Gabon", has rapidly turned into an affair of state in Libreville, particularly its reiteration of an old claim that Bongo may not be Gabonese [.

Subscribers only Politics 19.11.2014

Gabon
EX-PM Ndong Sima goes over to opposition

Raymond Ndong Sima, 59, who was dismissed as prime minister in January, is poised to take revenge for a difficult [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.11.2014

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
Who holds the purse-strings?

The government's inability to satisfy wage claims by teachers reflects the fact that only the president is in charge of Gabon's finances.

Subscribers only Politics 11.12.2013

Spotlight | Gabon
Ndong Sima, between rock and a hard place

Always busy with his international agenda, President Ali Bongo has stepped back from national politics and his long-suffering prime minister Raymond Ndong Sima has had to take up the slack. Bongo's distancing himself has triggered a power-struggle between the head [.

Subscribers only Politics 27.11.2013

Gabon
Ali beefs up PR for local elections

Feverish in the run-up to the local elections in November, Ali Bongo has brought in his half-sister to bolster his PR team.

Subscribers only Politics 30.10.2013

Gabon
Who has it in for Accrombessi?

Seen by some as an opportunist and by others as a guru working to spare his boss from the cruel realities of his country, Maixent Accrombessi, president Ali Bongo's chief of staff, appears universally loathed among Gabon's elite.

Subscribers only Politics 31.07.2013

Gabon
Obangue works won’t give in

The 85 workers on the Obangue oilfield operated in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.07.2013

Gabon
Rival Bongo memorials divide clan

The fourth anniversary of Omar Bongo's death highlighted the divisions among his descendants and his political heirs.

Subscribers only Politics 19.06.2013

Spotlight | Gabon
Emerging nation, or not

On one hand there is the macro-economic Gabon, whose numbers seem to tell that longed-for African success story: The economy is expected to grow 5.5% in 2013, slower than 7.2% in 2012 but a significant improvement on the annual 2% [.

Subscribers only Politics 22.05.2013

Gabon
Ali Bongo consolidates power

Ali Bongo is understood to be planning a government reshuffle that will give him an even tighter grip on power. Observers are wondering whether Raymond Ndong Sima will survive as prime minister.

Subscribers only Politics 01.05.2013

Spotlight | Central Africa
A foot in the palace door

Like all good village leaders, Africa's presidents are all-powerful when it comes to moving a project forward, listening to opposition groups, giving gifts when need be or even altering the outcome of a tender. Increasingly in demand, most now surround [.

Subscribers only Politics 20.03.2013

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Raymond Ndong Sima

Gabon
Ali Bongo keeps watchful eye on rivals

France, Gabon
Ndong Sima attacks Attias

Gabon
Raymond Ndong Sima settles his scores with the presidency

Spotlight | Gabon
Opposition ups pressure on Ali Bongo

Gabon
EX-PM Ndong Sima goes over to opposition

Gabon
Ali Bongo mired in social unrest

Gabon
Who holds the purse-strings?

Spotlight | Gabon
Ndong Sima, between rock and a hard place

Gabon
Ali beefs up PR for local elections

Gabon
Who has it in for Accrombessi?

Gabon
Obangue works won’t give in

Gabon
Rival Bongo memorials divide clan

Spotlight | Gabon
Emerging nation, or not

Gabon
Ali Bongo consolidates power

Spotlight | Central Africa
A foot in the palace door

Gabon
Bongo courts London business

Gabon
Challengers circle Ndong Sima

Gabon
Ndong Sima struggles to find way

Gabon
Maixent Accrombessi omnipresent

Gabon
Bongo embraces regions

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DRC Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

Raymond Ndong Sima

Gabon Ali Bongo keeps watchful eye on rivals

France, Gabon Ndong Sima attacks Attias

Gabon Raymond Ndong Sima settles his scores with the presidency

Spotlight | Gabon Opposition ups pressure on Ali Bongo

Gabon EX-PM Ndong Sima goes over to opposition

Gabon Ali Bongo mired in social unrest

Gabon Who holds the purse-strings?

Spotlight | Gabon Ndong Sima, between rock and a hard place

Gabon Ali beefs up PR for local elections

Gabon Who has it in for Accrombessi?

Gabon Obangue works won’t give in

Gabon Rival Bongo memorials divide clan

Spotlight | Gabon Emerging nation, or not

Gabon Ali Bongo consolidates power

Spotlight | Central Africa A foot in the palace door

Gabon Bongo courts London business

Gabon Challengers circle Ndong Sima

Gabon Ndong Sima struggles to find way

Gabon Maixent Accrombessi omnipresent

Gabon Bongo embraces regions

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About Africa Intelligence

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Gabon
Ali Bongo keeps watchful eye on rivals

France, Gabon
Ndong Sima attacks Attias

Gabon
Raymond Ndong Sima settles his scores with the presidency

Spotlight | Gabon
Opposition ups pressure on Ali Bongo

Gabon
EX-PM Ndong Sima goes over to opposition

Gabon
Ali Bongo mired in social unrest

Gabon
Who holds the purse-strings?

Spotlight | Gabon
Ndong Sima, between rock and a hard place

Gabon
Ali beefs up PR for local elections

Gabon
Who has it in for Accrombessi?

Gabon
Obangue works won’t give in

Gabon
Rival Bongo memorials divide clan

Spotlight | Gabon
Emerging nation, or not

Gabon
Ali Bongo consolidates power

Spotlight | Central Africa
A foot in the palace door

Gabon
Bongo courts London business

Gabon
Challengers circle Ndong Sima

Gabon
Ndong Sima struggles to find way

Gabon
Maixent Accrombessi omnipresent

Gabon
Bongo embraces regions