Omar Bongo stories:
Gabon's president is sworn in
Oct 16th, 2009 - kansascity
The son of Gabon's longtime dictator was sworn in as president following disputed elections that opposition candidates said were fraudulent. Ali Bongo took the oath of office Friday at the Presidential Palace before nearly 600 people...
Gabon recovering from postelection violence
Sep 7th, 2009 - Washington Post
PORT GENTIL, Gabon -- Shopkeepers swept glass from streets littered with burned-out cars and hungry residents braved long lines to buy bread as Gabon inched back to normal Monday after several days of postelection violence.
Riots on streets after Ali Ben Bongo is declared new President of ...
Sep 3rd, 2009 - Times Online
Security forces and demonstrators clashed in Gabon yesterday after the son of the ruler Omar Bongo was declared the winner of a disputed presidential election. Within hours of the announcement that Ali Ben Bongo...
Unrest in Gabon as Bongo poll win disputed
Sep 3rd, 2009 - Reuters
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Security forces clashed with opposition supporters in Gabon's capital on Thursday after Ali Ben Bongo, son of long-time ruler Omar Bongo, was declared the winner of a disputed presidential election.
Protests in Gabon as Bongo declared poll winner
Sep 3rd, 2009 - Reuters
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Soldiers clashed with opposition supporters in the streets of Gabon's capital on Thursday after Ali Ben Bongo, son of Gabon's long-time ruler Omar Bongo...
Omar Bongo videos from YouTube:
2:11Gabon: government denies reports of Omar Bongo's death
IN THE FIELD: The Gabonese government spokesman, Raphael NToutoume, categorically denied French media reports of President Omar Bongo's death. Bongo, 73, was undergoing treatment at a Barcelona hospital.
8:31Congo - Madilu System - Fete for Pres Omar Bongo of Gabon
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1:59Foreigners in Gabon mourn Omar Bongo's death
NEWS: Heads of state and thousands of mourners will pay their respects to Gabon's late President Omar Bongo Ondimba as he is laid to rest on Tuesday.
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.
Omar Bongo from WikiPedia:
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009), born as Albert-Bernard Bongo, was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years from 1967 until his death in office in 2009. He was succeeded as president after the August 2009 presidential election that followed his death by his son Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba.
Omar Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first President Leon M'ba in the 1960s, before being elevated to Vice-President from 1966 to 1967, eventually succeeding M'ba to become Gabon's second President upon the latter's death in 1967.
Bongo headed the single-party regime of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) until 1990, when he was forced to introduce multi-party politics in Gabon in the face of great public pressure.
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