The Gabonese president changed his name to El Hadj Omar Bongo when he converted to Islam in 1973. He later added his father's traditional African name to his title and went by the name Omar Bongo ...

He succeeded his father, Omar Bongo, in 2009 who had governed the country for more than forty years. Here is a brief history of Gabon in dates. Issued on: 30/08/2023 - 17:54 Modified: 30/08/2023 ...

Omar Bongo, the world’s longest-serving president whose 42-year rule of Gabon was a throwback to an era when Africa was ruled by “Big Men,” died yesterday. He was 73.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC secretary of sports Felipe Payano and former Dodger great Manny Mota were barely able to contain their excitement. Just over a month earlier, the Red Sox had won their first ...

But after re-examining the results, the court canceled the results from 21 stations due to irregularities, and gave Bongo a higher share of the vote: from 49.85 percent of the vote to 50.66 percent.

President Ali Bongo, who won a contested election in 2009 to succeed his father Omar, has launched a drive to reform and diversify the $20 billion economy. By Emma Farge LIBREVILLE ...

Albert Bernard Bongo was born in December of 1935 near the border with the Republic of Congo. ... Gabonese President Omar Bongo, dead at the age of 73. Related.

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Africa's longest serving leader -Gabonese President Omar Bongo - has died aged 73. His death was confirmed by Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong in a written statement. There had been conflicting ...

LIBREVILLE, June 18 (Reuters) - Above the entrance to the towering oil ministry on a sleek boulevard in Gabon's ocean-front capital Libreville hangs a huge banner that reads like a warning: "Oil ...

LIBREVILLE, June 18 (Reuters) - Above the entrance to the towering oil ministry on a sleek boulevard in Gabon's ocean-front capital Libreville hangs a huge banner that reads like a warning: "Oil ...