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Equatorial Guinea ... the President’s son, Teodorin Obiang, owns this mansion, which was raided by French police this week. Photo: AFP Police are trying to prove the cars and mansions of three state leaders and their families are the spoils of corruption
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Police on Tuesday raided the chic Parisian apartment of the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, as part of an investigation into the French property holdings of three African heads of state. Mangue was not present dur
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Kevin Macdonald's detailed portrait of Bob Marley grapples with the last king of reggae's philosophical and religious convictions This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 11.19 EST on Monday 13 February 2012. It was last modified at 11.56 EST on M
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Local people always knew when there was about to be a visit from its 41-year-old "playboy" resident, Teodorin Obiang, oldest son of the autocratic president of Equatorial Guinea. Days before Obiang Jr's private jet touched down, two massive lorries would
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On Monday 30 January 2012 as I was discussing with some colleagues who were attending the just concluded 18th ordinary session of the African Union Summit about the failure of African leaders to elect a new chairperson of the African Union Commission, on
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Pele insisted here Thursday that there will never be another Pele as his parents had thrown away the cast. LIBREVILLE – Pele insisted Thursday that there will never be another Pele as his parents had thrown away the cast. The football icon was speaking a
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Mali made it to the semifinal of the Africa Cup of Nations after defeating the co-hosts Gabon on penalty kicks. Gabon played a good match with massive home support that included Gabon's long-time president Omar Bongo. It was an intense match where Gabon
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Dakar – “I will tread on no corpses to get to the presidential palace,” Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade once declared from the opposition benches in a famous pledge to win power by democratic means. But 12 years after he gained the presidency of the West Africa
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DAKAR (Reuters) - "I will tread on no corpses to get to the presidential palace," Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade once declared from the opposition benches in a famous pledge to win power by democratic means. But 12 years after he gained the presidency of the W
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The Gambia is among five West African countries to benefit from the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) US$3 million grant for the implementation of the second phase of the Public Sector Management Training Programme (PSMTP). The Phase II of the
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The list of major sporting events that have been hosted by countries accused of human rights violations is long. Nazi Germany hosted the 1936 Olympic Games at a time when the regime's program of persecution of Jewish communities was already undeniable. D
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Of course, they said the right things and said them nicely. They talked about African development, integration, security and sustainability. But what the heavyweight five-minister team that formally declared Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's candidature as chief
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Woodrow Wilson once said that, "A nation that is boycotted is a nation that is in sight of surrender. Apply this economic, peaceful, silent, deadly remedy and there will be no need for force." Rebutting the same, decades later, Omar Bongo, former Preside
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Woodrow Wilson once said, “A nation that is boycotted is a nation that is in sight of surrender. Apply this economic, peaceful, silent, deadly remedy and there will be no need for force.” Rebutting the same, decades later, Omar Bongo, former President of
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Woodrow Wilson once said that, “A nation that is boycotted is a nation that is in sight of surrender. Apply this economic, peaceful, silent, deadly remedy and there will be no need for force. It is a terrible remedy. It does not cost a life outside the n
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On 16 October 2009 Ali Bongo Odimba was sworn in as President of Gabon. Bongo, the son of the country's previous president, Omar Bongo, received 41.79% of the vote in a recount undertaken by the country’s constitutional court, which actually slightly imp
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The state-run National Communication Council announced on national public television the suspension of Obame-owned broadcaster TV+ for three months and the private weekly Echos Du Nord for two months, according to news reports. The decision was based on
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This post is part of our special coverage: Marwane Ben Yamed of Jeune Afrique sums up succinctly but accurately the year that was for Francophone Africa when he writes [fr]: Indeed, it would be an understatement to say that 2011 was an eventful year for
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El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo on 30 December 1935) became President of Gabon in 1967. At age 31, he was Africa's fourth youngest president at the time, after Michel Micombero of Burundi and Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo. After Cuban President Fidel Castro stepped down in February 2008, he became the world's longest serving... Full Article
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Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema walks on the pitch on February 12, 20 before the start of the final match of the 2012 African Cup of Nations (CAN 2012) Zambia vs Ivory Coast in Libreville. French police on February 14, 2012 searched an upmarket Paris residence of the...
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A map of Africa showing portrait of late Gabonese President Omar Bongo is displayed on the football field ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final match between Ivory Coast and Zambia at Stade de l'Amitie in Libreville on February 12, 2012.
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Supporters of French president Nicolas Sarkozy wave flags and shout 27 July 2007 in Libreville prior to Sakozy's arrival for talks with Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba. Sarkozy arrived in Gabon on the last leg of a mini-tour of sub-Saharan Africa aimed at laying out his vision of...
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Brazilian soccer legend Pele wearing Gabon's national soccer team jersey, second right, and Gabon's President Omar Bongo, ritgh, look at Gabon soccer juggler Armand Igor Massande, foreground, during soccer animations on the beach as part of the African Cup of Nations in Libreville, Gabon,...
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Dancers perform during the closing ceremony of the Africa Cup of Nations before the final match between Zambia and Ivory Coast at the Stade De L'Amitie Stadium in Libreville February 12, 2012. The person pictured is Omar Bongo, the father of Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba.
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President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, attends the funerals of Gabonese president Omar Bongo, on June 16, 2009 in Libreville. More than a dozen foreign leaders travelled to the capital Libreville to pay their final respects to Bongo during a state funeral for the former president...
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French President François Mitterrand (L) waves to the crowd, on 17 January 1983, in the streets of Libreville accompanied by his Gabonese counterpart Omar Bongo (R).
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French President François Mitterrand (L) waves to the crowd, 17 January 1983, on his arrival at Leon M'ba airport in Libreville accompanied by his Gabonese counterpart Omar Bongo (R).
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Gabonese president Omar Bongo (R) shakes hand with French President Francois Mitterrand (R) on June 8, 1994 as he leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris.
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Gabonese president Omar Bongo waves from the steps of Elysee Palace on August 7, 1991 during his meeting with French President Francois Mitterrand (R) in Paris.
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French president François Mitterrand (R) shakes hands with Gabonese president Omar Bongo (L), on Februrary 12, 1987 in Paris after a meeting at the Elysee Palace.
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Gabonese President Omar Bongo (R) and his counterpart French president François Mitterrand (2nd R) and their wifes Danielle Mitterrand (2nd L) and Josephine Bongo (L), inaugurate the 'transgabonais' (transgabonese train), on January 18, 1983 in Franceville.
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French President François Mitterrand (L) inaugurates, 18 January 1983, the first section of the Transgabon with Omar Bongo, president of Gabon, in Franceville.
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(From L-R) President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, President Omar Bongo of Gabon, President Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo, French President Francois Mitterrand, Hassan II of Morrocco, Hassan Gouled Aptidon of Djibouti and Andre Kolingba of Central Africa pose 20 June 1990 for the family photo...
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French President François Mitterrand (C) addresses the audience during the 16th France-Africa summit 21 June 1990 in La Baule while King Hassan II of Morocco (L) and President Omar Bongo of Gabon (R) look on.
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French president François Mitterrand (R) receives Gabonese president Omar Bongo (L), on October 03, 1984 in Paris for a meeting at the Elysee Palace.
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France's president Nicolas Sarkozy (R) shakes hand with his Gabonese counterpart Ali Bongo (L) prior to a meeting, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on February 21, 2011. Bongo has ruled Gabon since winning presidential elections in 2009, held after the death of his father Omar Bongo who...
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Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba waves as he leaves the Elysee Palace after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on February 21, 2011. Bongo has ruled Gabon since winning presidential elections in 2009, held after the death of his father...
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French President Jacques Chirac (L) and Omar Bongo, President of Gabon, tour 16 July 1996 Libreville in a official Rolls-Royce car during Chirac's two-day visit to Gabon.
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Senegalese president Abdou Diouf (2nd row, 2ndR), French president Jacques Chirac (3rd row,R) and Gabonese Omar Bongo (2nd row,R) and François Mitterrand (1st row,L) and President of Togo General Gnassingbe Eyadema (1st row, 2ndR) attend the Francophone nations summit, on September 02, 1987...
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41 Heads of States and Government, members of the Conference of Countries Using French as a Common Language pose for family picture 18 February 1986 in Castle of Versailles, in the south-west Paris outskirts. The first Francophone Summit was the birth of La Francophonie. From L-R,...
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Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema walks on the pitch on February 12, 20 before the start of the final match of the 2012 African Cup of Nations (CAN 2012) Zambia vs Ivory Coast in Libreville. French police on February 14, 2012 searched an upmarket Paris residence of the...
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