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Gabon’s Bongo family enriched itself over 56 years of kleptocratic rule, spreading its wealth across the world
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September 18, 2023September 18, 2023Uncategorized

Gabon’s Bongo family enriched itself over 56 years of kleptocratic rule, spreading its wealth across the world

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A coup in Gabon has marked the end of over half a century of unbroken dynastic rule during which the Bongo family accumulated enormous wealth both at home and offshore, as revealed by the Pandora Papers and several other investigations. Soldiers seized power in the Central African nation last Wednesday, just hours after ailing president...

Gabon: how the Bongo family’s 56-year rule has hurt the country and divided the opposition
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August 30, 2023August 30, 2023Uncategorized

Gabon: how the Bongo family’s 56-year rule has hurt the country and divided the opposition

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Douglas Yates, American Graduate School in Paris (AGS) Gabon’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba (2009-present) recently announced his intention to stand for re-election in the country’s presidential poll scheduled for 26 August. He is, to state the obvious, expected to win. Ali Bongo, son of former president Omar Bongo who ruled the country from 1967 to...