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A second Bongo heir enters the presidency

Bilal Bongo, Gabonese President Ali Bongo's third son, interrupted his studies in the United Kingdom to join the force responsible for the security of his father's seaside palace residence and of the presidential staff. [...]

Published on 25/11/2020 at 06:00 GMT

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Inner circles | Gabon
Noureddin Bongo's parallel task force network

President Ali Bongo's coordinator and eldest son Noureddin Bongo has found a way to assert his influence in government: task forces. These ad hoc teams of civil servants and consultants are ostensibly there to assist government departments, but can have a tendency to bypass them.

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Domestic debt task force meeting chaired by Nouredin Bongo (far right).

Gabon
On Sylvia Bongo's birthday, first couple travel to the Maldives

Syvia Bongo and Ali Bongo flew to the Maldives last week to celebrate the first lady's 11 March birthday on the islands. On the way, the presidential couple stopped over in Dubai.

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Strikes expose Bongo regime's shortcomings

Industrial action over back pay by two companies sheds harsh light on the government's failings.

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Sylvia and Pascaline Bongo make up again in latest episode of palace soap opera

They fall out, make up and then fall out again... Now, the Gabonese president's sister and the first lady have patched up up their differences once again. But their reconciliation is having repercussions in the president's family and even on the functioning of the president's office.

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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.

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Inner circles | Gabon
Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure

The 26-year-old half-brother of Ali Bongo and grandson of Denis Sassou Nguesso, Omar Denis Jr Bongo, appears to have been increasingly ostracised by the Gabonese president's clan, who suspect him of harbouring presidential ambitions for 2023.

Subscribers only Politics 30.04.2020

Gabon
Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

After having been headed for 10 years by Serge Mickoto, the husband of President Ali Bongo's step-sister, Gabon's sovereign fund has been taken over by a close associate of Mohamed Ali Saliou, best friend of the president's son and closest adviser, Noureddin Bongo.

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Gabon
A second Bongo heir enters the presidency

Inner circles | Gabon
Noureddin Bongo's parallel task force network

Gabon
On Sylvia Bongo's birthday, first couple travel to the Maldives

Gabon
Strikes expose Bongo regime's shortcomings

Gabon
Sylvia and Pascaline Bongo make up again in latest episode of palace soap opera

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

Inner circles | Gabon
Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure

Gabon
Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund