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Africa. The wrath being expended could be usefully redirected to this challenge. Prime Minister (he is not president) Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia was pushed into turning to China by Muamar Gaddafi's plan to build the AU headquarters in Sitre, his hometown.
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Abdoulaye Wade insists his son is a financier of genius. Critics see a transparent attempt to ease him into line for the presidency in the same way Gabon's late leader Omar Bongo positioned his son Ali to secure power in 2009. For some, Wade's move...
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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... View Photo »
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Abdoulaye Wade insists his son is a financier of genius. Critics see a transparent attempt to ease him into line for the presidency in the same way Gabon's late leader Omar Bongo positioned his son Ali to secure power in 2009. For some, Wade's move...
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The Public Sector Management Training Programme provides an intensive 12-month full-time training programme, leading to a Master's Degree in Public Sector Management (MPSM). The programme addresses the critical need
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The situation in neighboring Gabon, meanwhile, is not much better. Gabon is also a small country, with a population of 1.5 million, which since 2009 has been ruled by Ali Bongo - the son and heir of the late dictator Omar Bongo. Omar Bongo reigned over...
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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... View Photo »
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But it's this close identification with the South African government - and, by definition, the ANC - that might count against her in the election. Jean Ping, on the other hand, is something of a renegade. It's rumoured that the only reason Omar Bongo,...
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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 President of...
About Omar Bongo
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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
