Jun 16th, 2009 - Al Jazeera English
Hundreds of thousands of people have attended the state funeral of Omar Bongo Ondimba, Gabon's president and Africa's longest-serving leader.
The funeral in Liberville, Gabon's capital, on Tuesday was attended by about 100 people including more than a dozen African leaders.
Polite applause as Nicolas Sarkozy, the Frency president, arrived at the presidential palace was quickly replaced by jeers shouted by dozens of people angered by France's colonial history in the country.
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Jun 17th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Paris - The death of Gabonese President Omar Bongo, and the booing of French president Nicolas Sarkozy at his funeral, are both seen here as potent symbols of change in France's controversial relations in its old colonial African sphere.
Dignitaries attend Bongo funeral
Jun 16th, 2009 - UPI
LIBREVILLE, Gabon, June 16 (UPI) -- Scores of dignitaries from around the world converged on Libreville Tuesday for the state funeral of Cabon's late President Omar Bongo.
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Jun 11th, 2009 - Telegraph
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Gabon Interim President Inaugurated
Jun 10th, 2009 - VOA News
Senate President Rose Francine Rogombe is Gabon's new interim head of state, following Monday's death of long-time leader Omar Bongo. She is expected to organize new elections by the end of July.
Gabon's leader Bongo dead at 73
Jun 8th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Omar Bongo died of a heart attack at a clinic in Spain President of Gabon Omar Bongo - Africa's longest serving leader - has died aged 73. His death was confirmed by the country's Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong in a written statement.
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5:07Gabon's Omar Bongo's Funeral on VOA's In Focus
'In Focus' co-host Vincent Makori talks to Emira Woods, of the Institute for Policy Studies, on the funeral of Omar Bongo of Gabon.
0:31Anti-French jeers at funeral for Gabon president
Onlookers jeered French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday at the state funeral for Gabon's President Omar Bongo Ondimba which was attended by more than a dozen other African leaders.
1:38Gabon: thousands pay their respects to late president Bongo
NEWS: Thousands of mourning Gabonese flock to Libreville's presidential palace, where late president Omar Bongo's remains will be exposed to the public until his funeral takes place on June 18.
1:29Gabon: succession questions after Bongo's death
IN THE FIELD: Heads of state honoured Gabon's late President Omar Bongo Ondimba as he was laid to rest. French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived for the funeral amid jeers from the crowd, underscoring France's awkward relations with former colonies.
