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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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Gabon's President Omar Bongo Ondimba (C) attends their African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match against Morocco at the Stade De L'Amitie Stadium in Libreville January 27, 2012.

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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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Francois Mitterrand, Abdou Diouf, Brian Mulroney, Amine Gemayel, Robert Bourassa, Gnassingbé Eyadèma , Jacques Chirac, Jean Baptiste Bagaza, Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Omar Bongo, Lansana Conté, Joao Bernardo Vieira, Didier Ratsiraka, Moussa Traoré, Maaouya Ould SidAhmed...

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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,...