African Leaders stories:
African view: Big men do not die
Jun 18th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
In our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene, a former presidential spokesperson in Ghana, considers the delicate issue of announcing a leader's death as Gabon's long-time leader Omar Bongo is buried.
Funeral held for Gabon's Bongo
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...
Late Gabon President Omar Bongo 'funded' Jacques Chirac ...
Jun 11th, 2009 - Telegraph
In a startling new claim concerning France's murky past ties with African leaders, Mr Giscard said the 73-year old Gabonese premier who died on Monday spent years building up a "very questionable financial network"...
SADC Leaders Suspend Madagascar, Pledge Economic Support for Zimbabwe
Mar 30th, 2009 - VOA News
Southern African leaders suspended Madagascar on Monday for what they call an unconstitutional change of government earlier this month. And they have pledged financial support for Zimbabwe's economic recovery plan...
Why Arab leaders embrace Sudan's indicted president
Mar 30th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Page 1 of 2 Cairo - On Sunday Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir strode off his airplane and onto a red carpet at the airport in Doha, greeted with a kiss by the tiny kingdom's...



