Imagine a political career lasting longer than most Hollywood marriages. That’s the story of Omar Bongo’s journey from a small town to Africa’s longest-serving president. Our story starts with a young ...
When it comes to Africa’s forest wildlife, few animals capture the imagination like the bongo antelope (Tragelaphus eurycerus). This magnificent creature, with its striking reddish-brown coat, bold ...
The story was told by Pascaline Bongo herself in a documentary released in 2012. When the daughter of Gabon’s former president Omar Bongo, then a 23-year-old student in the US, first met the global ...
Hailed as a climate visionary, Gabon’s president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was once welcomed to Buckingham Palace but was blindsided by this week’s coup. By Declan Walsh and Dionne Searcey Declan Walsh, the ...
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June 8 (Reuters) - Below is comment on the death of Gabon's President Omar Bongo, Africa's longest serving ruler, in a Spanish clinic on Monday: Sign up here. "It reminds me of the moment when ...