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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. [...]

Published on 31/07/2013 at 22:01 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Alex Bernard Bongo
Eramet
Frederic Bongo
Jean-Fidele Otandault
Liban Soumeyname
Maixent Accrombessi
Marcel Abeke
Omar Bongo
Pacome Moubelet-Boubeya
Parti Democrastique Gabonais
Raymond Ndong Sima
Samuel Dossou-Aworet
Serge Mikoto
Sylvia Bongo
Tomi
Yves-Fernand Mamfoumbi

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

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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.

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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.

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Pascaline Bongo clears desk

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

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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 [...]

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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.

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Who holds the purse-strings?

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Ndong Sima, between rock and a hard place

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Ali gets upper hand in Haut-Ogooué

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Ali and Pascaline fall out over oil

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Ali Bongo consolidates power

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A foot in the palace door

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Bongo wields a new broom at the top

Gabon’s president seized the occasion of a brief holiday in Italy to plot a shakeup of his staff and name new officials to key government departments.

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Ali Bongo takes on all comers

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Parti Democrastique Gabonais
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Cameroon, Central African Republic
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Gabon
Who has it in for Accrombessi?

Gabon
Ali Bongo takes charge of his PR in Paris

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Anti-Maixent Accrombessi camp awakens

Gabon
Regis Immongault, the palace favourite

Gabon
Bongo siblings still fighting over late leader's estate

Gabon
Heads may roll in Libreville

Gabon
Accrombessi survives Haut-Ogooue

Gabon
Total pays for Ping

Gabon
Pascaline Bongo clears desk

Gabon
Bongo places favorites in top government posts

Spotlight | Gabon
New generation elbows out elders

Gabon
Who holds the purse-strings?

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Ndong Sima, between rock and a hard place

Gabon
Ali gets upper hand in Haut-Ogooué

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Ali and Pascaline fall out over oil

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Ali Bongo consolidates power

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