Vol 40 No 9 | GABONUNITED STATES Bongo's lobby fest 30th April 1999 President El Hadj Omar Bongo may not have got to see President Bill Clinton or Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (the latter because of an ostensible diary clash)...
Vol 40 No 8 | GABONUNITED STATES Bongo for Bill 16th April 1999 Frenetic efforts are being made by Washington lobbyists to secure a meeting for President El Hadj Omar Bongo with President Bill Clinton, with a White House encounter slated...
Vol 39 No 23 | GABON Bongo rebounds 20th November 1998 President El Hadj Omar Bongo will be one of the grimmer-faced heads of state attending the Francophone Summit in Paris on 26-28 November. He is still favoured to...
Vol 38 No 19 | GABONACP Clouds over summit 26th September 1997 There is anxiety in Libreville and Brussels that events in Congo-Brazzaville might stop guests turning up at the first ever summit of the African-Caribbean-Pacific states, due in Gabon...
Vol 38 No 10 | GABONFRANCE Pas si joli 9th May 1997 It is turning out worse than they had feared in Paris. President Omar Bongo's government in Gabon has cut out his old ally, France's Elf Aquitaine, in favour...
Vol 37 No 20 | GABON Have petrol, will travel 4th October 1996 Local elections are due this month after President Bongo's three-year delay The elections due on 20 October are more politically significant than municipal polls usually manage to be. This is because they are seen as completing the process of...
Vol 37 No 17 | GABONFRANCE Chasse gardée 23rd August 1996 A French judicial investigation into alleged embezzlement by the former chairman of Elf-Aquitaine, Loïk le Floch Prigent (currently in custody for his own protection) is embarassing Paris...