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Embezzlement case against Africa trio overturned

afrol News, 29 October - A French appeals court has overturned an application for lawsuit against three African leaders accused of embezzlement, citing lack of locus standi in the matter.

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Gabon rejects nearly 300 migrants

afrol News, 27 October - A Ghanaian registered ship which was intercepted last week with nearly three hundred would-be migrants from Benin en route Gabon has been escorted out of Gabon’s territorial waters and sent back to Benin.

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Gabon recalls Central Bank Governor

afrol News, 20 October - The Gabonese government has recalled its representative, Philibert Andzembe, from the Central African States (BEAC) bank, following alleged mismanagement of CFA 19 billion at the BEAC's foreign office in Paris.

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Gabon and Nigeria elected to UN Security Council

afrol News, 16 October - Gabon and Nigeria will join Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil and Lebanon to serve two-year terms on the Security Council starting next January after they won elections to the 15-member body yesterday.

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Violence erupts as junior Bongo declared winner

afrol News, 3 September - Unrest has broke out in Gabon following the government announcement today, declaring the son of the late dictator, the winner from the Sunday presidential election.

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Tensions building in Gabon as finals results still awaited

afrol News, 1 September - Tensions are said to be mounting in Gabon as the citizen patiently wait for the final announcement of the results following the Sunday presidential elections.

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Gabon leader appeals for calm

afrol News, 31 August - The interim ruler of Gabon, Rose Rogombe has appealed for the nation and all candidates to wait for the final declaration of results and not try to ruin the Sunday’s peaceful electoral processes.

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Gabon opposition unite against Bongo’s son

afrol News, 28 August - Opposition candidates are pulling together as the Gabonese election date takes the last turn for the Sunday poll.

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Bongo’s son elected presidential candidate

afrol News, 16 July - The Gabonese ruling party has elected the late President Omar Bongo’s son, Ali Bongo Ondimba, as the presidential candidate for elections slated for late August this year, the Gabonese Democratic Party announced today.

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PM to resign after late Bongo’s burial

afrol News, 15 June - Gabonese Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong is expected to resign this week with several members of his government, after the burial of President Omar Bongo who died at a Spanish hospital last Monday, the office of the presidency has said in a statement.

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Senate speaker heads government after Bongo’s death

afrol News, 10 June - The Gabonese Senate speaker, Rose Francine Rogombe has been sworn in as acting head of state in the capital Libreville, following the death of President Omar Bongo in a Spanish clinic earlier this week.

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Gabon holds forum to fill presidential vacuum

afrol News, 9 June - Gabon’s ministers have held an emergency meeting today in preparation to fill the president’s position in the West Africa country following the death of the President Omar Bongo at a Spanish Clinic over the weekend.

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Gabonese government rejects Bongo’s death reports

afrol News, 8 June - A Gabonese government spokesperson Raphael N'Toutoume has denied reports that President Omar Bongo has died in a Spanish clinic. President Bongo who was admitted at a clinic in Barcelona in May and is reportedly receiving a cancer treatment.

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Fear of military takeover in Gabon

afrol News, 22 May - As the very grave health condition of the 73 years old Gabonese President Omar Bongo is confirmed, speculations over his succession are growing in numbers. Will it be a family affair as in Togo, or will it be a coup like in Guinea?

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Gabon President fighting for his life

afrol News, 21 May - President Omar Bongo of Gabon (73) is fighting for his life in a hospital outside Barcelona, Spain. Spanish authorities confirm President Bongo, Africa's longest-serving ruler, "is very ill".

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» 21.05.2009 - Congo Basin forest management "successful"
» 27.04.2009 - Gabonese health workers to harden strike
» 26.02.2009 - Gabon president’s accounts frozen in France
» 19.01.2009 - Helicopter crash kills 7 in Gabon
» 14.01.2009 - Journalist and activists released on bail
» 28.11.2008 - Watch Equatoguinean dictator's partying
» 19.11.2008 - Gabon oil investments get "go ahead"
» 19.09.2008 - UN appoints new Equatorial Guinea/Gabon conflict mediator
» 23.07.2008 - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea resolving border dispute
» 01.07.2008 - 37 migrants drown in Gabon boat accident
» 13.06.2008 - Gabon prepares oil licensing round for 2009
» 12.06.2008 - Gabonese-Equatoguinean border row mediated
» 22.05.2008 - Right abusers secure UN seats
» 29.04.2008 - New AU chief takes office
» 05.03.2008 - Gabon angered by expulsion

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