Whether he has done enough to avoid the fate of his southern neighbour President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba remains to be seen...
Whether he has done enough to avoid the fate of his southern neighbour President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba remains to be seen...
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And these ambitious children might be haunted by the fate of Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba reduced to begging on camera for viewers to 'make noise' in the hours after he was overthrown by the commander of his Garde Présidentielle: cue a stream of mocking TikTok clips in which Africans displayed their readiness to 'make noise' by gleefully partying on the streets (AC Vol 64 No 17 General Nguema plans the transition and his political ascendancy)...
And these ambitious children might be haunted by the fate of Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba reduced to begging on camera for viewers to 'make noise' in the hours after he was overthrown by the commander of his Garde Présidentielle: cue a stream of mocking TikTok clips in which Africans displayed their readiness to 'make noise' by gleefully partying on the streets (AC Vol 64 No 17 General Nguema plans the transition and his political ascendancy)...
The speed at which General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema who is due to be sworn in as transitional president on 4 September has consolidated power suggests his putsch against President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba in the early hours of 30 August had been well prepared among a few senior officers and politicians many nursing personal grievances against the regime (Dispatches 30 August 2023 Bongo dynasty overthrown after widespread claims of electoral fraud)...
The speed at which General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema who is due to be sworn in as transitional president on 4 September has consolidated power suggests his putsch against President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba in the early hours of 30 August had been well prepared among a few senior officers and politicians many nursing personal grievances against the regime (Dispatches 30 August 2023 Bongo dynasty overthrown after widespread claims of electoral fraud)...
The opposition coalition's candidate in the election Albert Ondo Ossa said the putsch amounted to a continuation of the Bongo dynasty by other means – 'Behind Oligui Nguema is Pascaline Bongo [Ali Ben Bongo's estranged sister]… so the Bongo clan remains in power...
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Early on 30 August a few hours after Gabon 24 announced that Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba had won a third presidential term with 64...
Early on 30 August a few hours after Gabon 24 announced that Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba had won a third presidential term with 64...
Ali Ben Bongo was elected to the Presidency in 2009 taking over from his father who had come to power in 1967...
The overthrow of Ali Ben Bongo is another blow to the Africa policy of French President Emmanuel Macron who visited Libreville in March to show support for the government...
Former education minister Albert Ondo Ossa who was selected last week as the 'consensus' candidate for Alternance 2023 which brings together six opposition groups immediately labelled the elections as a 'fraud orchestrated by Ali Bongo and his supporters' (Dispatches 22/8/23 Opposition candidate faces battle against time and electoral commission)...
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Initially he was viewed as an outsider compared to Alexandre Barro Chambrier of the opposition Rassemblement Pour La Patrie et la Modernité (RPM) party Union Nationale head Paulette Missambo and Raymond Ndong Sima a former prime minister in one of President Ali Bongo Ondimba's governments...
Initially he was viewed as an outsider compared to Alexandre Barro Chambrier of the opposition Rassemblement Pour La Patrie et la Modernité (RPM) party Union Nationale head Paulette Missambo and Raymond Ndong Sima a former prime minister in one of President Ali Bongo Ondimba's governments...
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The policy started to take shape in February and March after President Macron and President Touadéra met in Gabon in President Ali Bongo Ondimba's presidential palace...
The policy started to take shape in February and March after President Macron and President Touadéra met in Gabon in President Ali Bongo Ondimba's presidential palace...
Touadéra met Macron after being introduced by Mahamat Kaka at President Ali Bongo Ondimba's presidential palace...
Touadéra met Macron after being introduced by Mahamat Kaka at President Ali Bongo Ondimba's presidential palace...
Vol 64 No 5 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
Pointing out that the Congo Basin absorbs even more greenhouse gas than the Amazon Macron believes pursuing this issue trumps any sensitivities about visiting Libreville as President Ali Bongo Ondimba prepares to run for re-election...
Pointing out that the Congo Basin absorbs even more greenhouse gas than the Amazon Macron believes pursuing this issue trumps any sensitivities about visiting Libreville as President Ali Bongo Ondimba prepares to run for re-election...
This year at the UN the demand was reiterated by several presidents such as Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Gabon's Ali Bongo Ondimba Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari Kenya's William Ruto and Congo-Kinshasa's Félix Tshisekedi...
This year at the UN the demand was reiterated by several presidents such as Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Gabon's Ali Bongo Ondimba Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari Kenya's William Ruto and Congo-Kinshasa's Félix Tshisekedi...
On 24 November the Banque Gabonnaise et Française Internationale's (BGFI) international holding company in which the family of Gabonese President Ali Bongo has a stake of at least 11% published its first reaction (AC 19/11/21 The bank at the heart of the scandal & AC Vol 62 No 13 A fox guarding the hen house)...