The Paris Club of sovereign state creditors is threatening to derail President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's government's delicate balancing act on its foreign debt...
The Paris Club of sovereign state creditors is threatening to derail President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's government's delicate balancing act on its foreign debt...
Extravagant spending collapsing oil revenue and a ruling elite that views state funds as its own property have pushed President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's government into the arms of the International Monetary Fund...
Extravagant spending collapsing oil revenue and a ruling elite that views state funds as its own property have pushed President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's government into the arms of the International Monetary Fund...
Between them Ali Ben Bongo and his late father Omar Bongo Ondimba who died in 2009 spent $125 mn...
while Ali Bongo is said to have spent more than $350 mn...
Ping's PRGabonese opposition leader and former Foreign Minister Jean Ping signed short-term contracts worth $115 000 with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP and CD Global Strategies Group (owned by Hearst Group) last summer before his unsuccessful election challenge to President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba (AC Vol 58 No 2 Vote row threatens economy)...
Ping's PRGabonese opposition leader and former Foreign Minister Jean Ping signed short-term contracts worth $115 000 with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP and CD Global Strategies Group (owned by Hearst Group) last summer before his unsuccessful election challenge to President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba (AC Vol 58 No 2 Vote row threatens economy)...
Opponents of President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba hesitated over whether to use the Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON) the continent's football jamboree held every two years to kick off fresh protests...
Opponents of President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba hesitated over whether to use the Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON) the continent's football jamboree held every two years to kick off fresh protests...
Two crises will dominate Gabon's political landscape in 2017: President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's legitimacy as President and the economy...
Two crises will dominate Gabon's political landscape in 2017: President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's legitimacy as President and the economy...
After Gabon's shambolic presidential vote in August and the swearing in of Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba on 27 September for a new seven-year term both government and opposition are offering 'dialogues' to legitimise themselves...
After Gabon's shambolic presidential vote in August and the swearing in of Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba on 27 September for a new seven-year term both government and opposition are offering 'dialogues' to legitimise themselves...
Fraud played a major part in President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's narrow victory in the presidential election of 27 August independent observers widely believe...
Fraud played a major part in President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's narrow victory in the presidential election of 27 August independent observers widely believe...
Vote-winningAli Ben Bongo's election-winning formula was simple: control the individuals and institutions in charge of organising the vote and when all else fails change the result...
Two oppositionists may have rallied to presidential candidate Jean Ping at the last minute on 16 August but that won't be enough to stop President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba from walking away with victory at the poll on 27 August...
Two oppositionists may have rallied to presidential candidate Jean Ping at the last minute on 16 August but that won't be enough to stop President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba from walking away with victory at the poll on 27 August...
Ping had children with Pascaline Mferri Bongo Ali Bongo's half-sister who was Omar's Cabinet director and family treasurer...
Africa votes in 2016 Country Date Type Uganda February General Yoweri Museveni repressed opposition and fixed vote CAR February-March Presidential & legislative Sporadic organisational problems Niger February-March Presidential & legislative Mahamadou Issoufou won presidential vote in 2nd round after fixes Cape Verde March Legislative Widely seen as credible Benin March Presidential Over 30 contenders and credible poll Congo-Brazzaville March Presidential Denis Sassou-Nguesso pushed constitutional changes fixed election Tanzania (Zanzibar) March Regional Zanzibar election rerun widely condemned Senegal March Referendum Credible vote after hesitation on reforms Comoros February-April Presidential Constitutional court to decide on 2nd round vote Sudan April Referendum on Darfur Omer el Beshir repressed opposition fixed vote threatens new offensive Equatorial Guinea April Presidential Teodoro Obiang repressed opposition and fixed vote Chad April Presidential Idriss Déby Itno repressed opposition and fixed vote Djibouti April Presidential Ismaïl Omar Guelleh repressed opposition and fixed vote Gabon August Presidential Ali Ben Bongo in tight race history of fixing Zambia August Presidential Edgar Lungu in tight race; his supporters threaten opposition Cape Verde August Presidential Shootings raise tension South Africa August Local elections Critical test of Jacob Zuma's leadership...
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President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's re-election campaign looks less of a cosmetic exercise now that National Assembly President Guy Nzouba Ndama has declared he will stand in the 28 August election...
President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's re-election campaign looks less of a cosmetic exercise now that National Assembly President Guy Nzouba Ndama has declared he will stand in the 28 August election...
Ndama was one of the closest allies of Ali Bongo's father the late President Omar Bongo Ondimba...