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Sylvia Bongo ally François Auguste Akomezogho to get top finance job?

François Auguste Akomezogho, who has been the director-general of taxes for three years, is tipped to be appointed minister of [...]

Published on 04/03/2020 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ali Bongo
Alliance
Brice Laccruche Alihanga
Claude Dumont-Beghi
Fondation Sylvia Bongo Ondimba
François Auguste Akomezogho
Jean-Marie Ogandaga
Jessye Ella Ekogha
Julien Nkoghe Bekale
Maixent Accrombessi
Noureddin Bongo
Omar Bongo
Pascaline Bongo
Patience Dabany
Sylvia Bongo

Gabon
Bonus scheme changes create dissent in the ranks at the economy ministry

Nicole Janine Roboty, who replaced economy minister Jean-Marie Ogandaga on 9 December, has inherited an explosive situation among staff at the ministry's various department. Tax and customs staff are in battle mode after having had their bonuses indexed on the amount of money they recover for the state.

Subscribers only Politics 11.12.2020

New Gabonese finance minister Nicole Janine Roboty.

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

Presidential affairs coordinator Noureddin Bongo, who is also the president's son, has for the last fortnight been campaigning over Gabon's domestic debt, deemed overvalued. He has also been placing his associates at the head of the country's main financial institutions.

Subscribers only Business 14.10.2020

Gabon, Morocco
Ten years in the making - a palm oasis palace for the Bongos in Marrakesh

Constructed on land donated by the Moroccan king Mohammed VI, a close friend of Ali Bongo, the palace of the Gabonese presidential family set in the palm grove of Marrakesh has taken ten years to complete and has been worked on by some of the most sought-after service providers in the kingdom.

Subscribers only Politics 17.08.2020

Works on the Bongo family's palace in Marrakesh in 2014, which should be finished in a few months.

Gabon
Office of the president keeps it close to the family

On the night of November 7, the president's office had to have a second go at publishing the full list [...]

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Gabon
Ambitions rife at presidential palace

While the Bongo family prepares for the Gabonese president's media comeback, several figures are honing their image as the man for the future.

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How Ali Bongo staged his comeback

Above and beyond the announcement of a government reshuffle, the purpose of the two speeches given by Ali Bongo on 8 June was to demonstrate that he was once again in full possession of his faculties, eight months after suffering [.

Subscribers only Politics 12.06.2019

Gabon
Ali Bongo and his heirs apparent

Several ambitious colleagues are beginning to emerge from the shadow of the ailing Gabonese president. Analysis.

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2019

Gabon
Maixent Accrombessi's last remaining allies go over to enemy

The dismissal of Maixent Accrombessi on 29 March (WAN 797, WAN 797) has resulted in an evaporation of support for [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.04.2019

Document | Gabon
Parisian lawyers flock to Libreville

The proliferation of legal actions is a boon for French lawyers, most of whom were already active in the Omar Bongo era. An investigation.

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Gabon
Jean-Marie Ogandaga, Bongo's security cordon against social discontent

Jean-Marie Ogandaga, who has been minister of the economy, planning and development since May, is one of Ali Bongo's main [...]

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Spotlight | Gabon
Anti-Maixent Accrombessi camp awakens

The destruction of the Beninese embassy in Libreville on April 12 has brought into focus the animosity felt by a large segment of the Gabonese population towards President Ali Bongo’s Beninese-born chief-of-staff and spiritual guru Maixent Accrombessi.

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Claude Dumont-Beghi
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François Auguste Akomezogho
Jean-Marie Ogandaga
Jessye Ella Ekogha
Julien Nkoghe Bekale
Maixent Accrombessi
Noureddin Bongo
Omar Bongo
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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Gabon
Sylvia Bongo ally François Auguste Akomezogho to get top finance job?

Gabon
Bonus scheme changes create dissent in the ranks at the economy ministry

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

Gabon, Morocco
Ten years in the making - a palm oasis palace for the Bongos in Marrakesh

Gabon
Office of the president keeps it close to the family

Gabon
Ambitions rife at presidential palace

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How Ali Bongo staged his comeback

Gabon
Ali Bongo and his heirs apparent

Gabon
Maixent Accrombessi's last remaining allies go over to enemy

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Parisian lawyers flock to Libreville

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Jean-Marie Ogandaga, Bongo's security cordon against social discontent

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Anti-Maixent Accrombessi camp awakens