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Spotlight | Gabon
Ali Bongo takes on all comers

Defeating a 40-year-old establishment cannot be easy. In an effort to impose his vision and move forward with his "Emergence" project to develop Gabon, Ali Bongo is constantly having to do battle with his late father Omar Bongo's acolytes, as [...]

Published on 19/12/2012 at 23:01 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Gabon
A war of words within the government

The economy minister Regis Immongault is coming in for strong criticism from allies of Jean-Fidele Otandault, the budget minister.

Subscribers only Politics 22.11.2017

Gabon
Bongo tightens his grip on the oil sector

A masterful game of musical chairs has allowed the president to keep the upper hand on the very strategic sector. Here's how he did it.

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2017

Gabon
How Obamba missed his chance on Mboumba

The state-owned Gabon Oil Co (GOC) became operator of the Mboumba field in September when Total relinquished it entirely to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2016

Congo, Gabon
Bongo Jr works on 'granddad' Sassou's campaign

Omar Denis Jr Bongo, the 22-year-old son of the late Omar Bongo and Edith Lucie Sassou Nguesso, has been hired [...]

Subscribers only 27.01.2016

Gabon
Leon-Paul Ngoulakia wooed by Bongo adversaries

Gabonese politician Leon-Paul Ngoulakia, 58, was beaten up by truncheon-wielding men in Libreville on December 18. Ngoulakia, a first cousin [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.12.2015

Gabon
How Pascaline Bongo brought about the downfall of Blue Mendel

Of the total €500 000 claimed from Pascaline Bongo by the French company, Blue Mendel, for goods ordered and delivered [...]

Subscribers only 24.02.2015

Gabon
Bongo siblings still fighting over late leader's estate

Five years after the Gabonese leader Omar Bongo Ondimba's death, his many descendants continue to fight over his estate.

Subscribers only Politics 17.12.2014

Gabon
Pascaline Bongo lawyer’s office searched

The sibling power-struggle that has raged be-tween Gabon’s President Ali [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.12.2014

Gabon
Pean: Ali Bongo to sue over Rawiri claims

While he might have tolerated the parts of the book [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.11.2014

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
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
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
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

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's hot air PR machine

Spin doctors have cast the Gabonese president as a builder. But the reality on the ground is very different.

Subscribers only Politics 09.07.2014

Gabon
Pascaline Bongo appeals to Ping

Confirmed on June 10 in the honorary role of Ali [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

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

Gabon
Jean Ping on warpath

Ali Bongo's regime is coming under attack at home as well as abroad - from Jean Ping, the former African Union commission chief who is mobilising opposition to Bongo in Libreville.

Subscribers only Politics 30.04.2014

Gabon
Ping resignation sparks new defections

After his resignation from the ruling PDG party, Jacques Adiahenot, a former stalwart of Omar Bongo's regime, is expected to join forces with the former African Union commission chief.

Subscribers only Politics 12.03.2014

Gabon
Total pays for Ping

Tax adjustments running into the hundreds of millions against Total and other foreign companies signal the financial situation in Gabon, but they are also a symptom of Libreville's gunning for Jean Ping.

Subscribers only Politics 26.02.2014

Gabon
Pascaline Bongo clears desk

Furious that palace insiders have blamed her for her former [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.02.2014

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

Chad
Alex Stewart to audit Chad's oil

After Gabon, where not everyone was delighted with its digging, [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.09.2013

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
Ali and Pascaline fall out over oil

Oil, as well as their father Omar Bongo’s estate, is behind a fresh feud between Ali Bongo and his sister Pascaline.

Subscribers only Politics 03.07.2013

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

Gabon
Addax v Gabon: tribunal appointed

Swiss legal expert Pierre-Yves Tschanz has been appointed to chair [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.06.2013

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 | Gabon
How oil nationalism gains grip on policy

Gabon’s oil and energy minister Etienne Ngoubou, backed by Maixent Accrombessi, the president’s powerful chief of staff, has come under wide attack by oil companies, unions and some wage-earners. The reason is simple enough: the creation of new institutions and [.

Subscribers only Energy 30.04.2013

Gabon
Firms gang up on Alex Stewart

In the wake of suit filed by Addax against Alex [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.04.2013

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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Gabon A war of words within the government

Gabon Bongo tightens his grip on the oil sector

Gabon How Obamba missed his chance on Mboumba

Congo, Gabon Bongo Jr works on 'granddad' Sassou's campaign

Gabon Leon-Paul Ngoulakia wooed by Bongo adversaries

Gabon How Pascaline Bongo brought about the downfall of Blue Mendel

Gabon Bongo siblings still fighting over late leader's estate

Gabon Pascaline Bongo lawyer’s office searched

Gabon Pean: Ali Bongo to sue over Rawiri claims

Spotlight | Gabon Opposition ups pressure on Ali Bongo

Gabon Ali Bongo mired in social unrest

Gabon Mborantsuo’s private university

Gabon Ali Bongo tries to rally region's Teke

Gabon Unrest stirs in Libreville

Gabon Ali's hot air PR machine

Gabon Pascaline Bongo appeals to Ping

Gabon Ping hones strategy against Ali

Gabon Jean Ping on warpath

Gabon Ping resignation sparks new defections

Gabon Total pays for Ping

Gabon Pascaline Bongo clears desk

Gabon Ping warms up for 2016

Chad Alex Stewart to audit Chad's oil

Gabon Who has it in for Accrombessi?

Gabon Ali and Pascaline fall out over oil

Gabon Rival Bongo memorials divide clan

Gabon Addax v Gabon: tribunal appointed

Gabon Ali Bongo consolidates power

Spotlight | Gabon How oil nationalism gains grip on policy

Gabon Firms gang up on Alex Stewart

Spotlight | Central Africa A foot in the palace door

Gabon Lawyer Paulette Oyane-Ondo upsets leadership

Gabon Bongo wields a new broom at the top

Gabon Addax takes on Alex Stewart

Gabon ONEP wars with Schlumberger

Congo, Gabon "Ill-Gotten" roads lead to Paris, Nice

Spotlight | Gabon Ngoubou plays a high stakes energy game

Gabon Republican Guard "made in France"

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Spotlight | Gabon
Ali Bongo takes on all comers

Gabon
A war of words within the government

Gabon
Bongo tightens his grip on the oil sector

Gabon
How Obamba missed his chance on Mboumba

Congo, Gabon
Bongo Jr works on 'granddad' Sassou's campaign

Gabon
Leon-Paul Ngoulakia wooed by Bongo adversaries

Gabon
How Pascaline Bongo brought about the downfall of Blue Mendel

Gabon
Bongo siblings still fighting over late leader's estate

Gabon
Pascaline Bongo lawyer’s office searched

Gabon
Pean: Ali Bongo to sue over Rawiri claims

Spotlight | Gabon
Opposition ups pressure on Ali Bongo

Gabon
Ali Bongo mired in social unrest

Gabon
Mborantsuo’s private university

Gabon
Ali Bongo tries to rally region's Teke

Gabon
Unrest stirs in Libreville

Gabon
Ali's hot air PR machine

Gabon
Pascaline Bongo appeals to Ping

Gabon
Ping hones strategy against Ali

Gabon
Jean Ping on warpath

Gabon
Ping resignation sparks new defections

Gabon
Total pays for Ping

Gabon
Pascaline Bongo clears desk

Gabon
Ping warms up for 2016

Chad
Alex Stewart to audit Chad's oil

Gabon
Who has it in for Accrombessi?

Gabon
Ali and Pascaline fall out over oil

Gabon
Rival Bongo memorials divide clan

Gabon
Addax v Gabon: tribunal appointed

Gabon
Ali Bongo consolidates power

Spotlight | Gabon
How oil nationalism gains grip on policy

Gabon
Firms gang up on Alex Stewart

Spotlight | Central Africa
A foot in the palace door

Gabon
Lawyer Paulette Oyane-Ondo upsets leadership

Gabon
Bongo wields a new broom at the top

Gabon
Addax takes on Alex Stewart

Gabon
ONEP wars with Schlumberger

Congo, Gabon
"Ill-Gotten" roads lead to Paris, Nice

Spotlight | Gabon
Ngoubou plays a high stakes energy game

Gabon
Republican Guard "made in France"