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Conservation: Indigenous people's enemy No. 1?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:47:36 GMT

After legendary explorer and ecologist J. Michael Fay completed his remarkable 1,200-mile, 455-day trek across the Congo Basin in 2002, he asked Africa's longest-serving leader, President El Hadj Omar Bongo of Gabon, to sit down for a chat.
Source: Mother Jones

Bongo eyes bloated civil service

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:09:41 GMT

Under Omar Bongo's rule of over 40 years, the oil nation of 1.5 million people saw its government headcount swell to 55 000.
Source: Independent Online

Counterblasts

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:32:14 GMT

Opposition groups staged their own rally as the NDP's sixth annual conference was in full swing, reports Mona El-Nahhas "This is Egypt, not Gabon", the title of a conference held by the 6 April Youth group to run parallel to the sixth annual...
Source: Al-Ahram Weekly

Global: France halts African leaders case

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:53:11 GMT

The leaders of the three countries had all denied the charges A French appeals court has halted a lawsuit against three African leaders accused of embezzlement.
Source: Pambazuka

Chirac Ordered to Face Trial in France

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:44:30 GMT

PARIS An investigating magistrate on Friday ordered the former French president, Jacques Chirac, to stand trial on corruption charges dating to his time as mayor of Paris, reinforcing the whiff of alleged malfeasance swirling around the political elite...
Source: The New York Times

Money-laundering probe into African leaders off

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:46:33 GMT

A FRENCH court has decided not to pursue an investigation into three African heads of state for money laundering linked to their assets in France.
Source: Shanghai Daily

FRANCE: African elites' luxury properties case is stopped

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:16:57 GMT

The French Court of Appeal has ruled that there will be no investigation into luxury properties owned in France by members of African nations' ruling elite families.
Source: France 24

French Court Decides Not to Probe African Leaders

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:02:19 GMT

A French court has decided not to pursue an investigation into three African heads of state for money laundering linked to their assets in France.
Source: ABC News

Quoted in 'Bongo sworn in as Gabon president'

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:25:10 GMT

Omar Bongo said in Independent Online:

I want a Gabon free of corruption and injustice. I want a Gabon where the elites circulate and are renewed ... I want a Gabon where justice is at the service of everyone.

Quoted in 'Bongo sworn in as Gabon president'

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:25:10 GMT

Omar Bongo said in Independent Online:

I want a Gabon free of corruption and injustice. I want a Gabon where the elites circulate and are renewed ... I want a Gabon where justice is at the service of everyone.

Photo from AP Photo

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:14:39 GMT

The coffin with Gabonese President Omar Bongo seen on route to the airport at Libreville, Gabon, Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

Photo from AP Photo

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:28:06 GMT

FILE - In this July 27, 2007, President of Gabon Omar Bongo, right, waves next to French President Nicolas Sarkozy following Sarkozy's arrival in Libreville, Gabon.

Gabon: government denies reports of Omar Bongo's death

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:43:56 GMT