News Gabon Haut-Ogooue: Gabon’s economic woes arouse nostalgia for Omar Bongo
He died a decade ago, but residents of Franceville in southeast Gabon hark back with deep nostalgia to the ... Franceville is the capital of the Haut-Ogooue region where Bongo was born in 1935, and ...
News Gabon Haut-Ogooue: Gabon's economic woes arouse nostalgia for Omar Bongo
He died a decade ago, but residents of Franceville in southeast Gabon hark back with deep nostalgia to the rule of former president Omar Bongo. It is thanks to him that we have the roads, the hospitals and the university too," said Rebecca, a high-school pupil who was just eight when the man she
News Gabon Haut-Ogooue: Gabon coup: Soldiers seize national radio station and declare intention to ‘restore democracy’
Mr Bongo, 59, has been away from Gabon since he suffered a stroke in Saudi Arabia in ... 6,000 votes but the European Union said it found anomalies in the province of Haut-Ogooue, where he won 95 per ...
News Gabon Haut-Ogooue: Three reasons why the Gabon coup failed
At 4.30am on January 7, Lieutenant Kelly Odong Obiang, leader of the Patriotic Youth Movement of the Gabonese Defence and Security Forces, and a handful of soldiers stormed the TV and radio station in ...
News Gabon Haut-Ogooue: Gabon soldiers seize national radio station in coup attempt
The European Union said it found anomalies during the election in Bongo's stronghold province of Haut-Ogooue, where he won 95 percent on a 99.9 percent turnout. His father, Omar Bongo, ruled Gabon for ...
News Gabon Haut-Ogooue: Gabon detains soldiers after failed coup
Gabon: soldiers announce a coup attempt on state television - video The Gabonese government has put down a coup attempt after a group of soldiers briefly took over state radio and broadcast a ...
