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NDTV
March 18, 2018
Omar Bongo Ondimba governed oil-rich Gabon for more than 41 years until his death in 2009. Still Counting Currently the world's longest serving president is Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema, with 38 years under his belt since he toppled his uncle in 1979. Others that are still counting theirÃâà...
Firstpost
March 18, 2018
Omar Bongo Ondimba governed oil-rich Gabon for more than 41 years until his death in 2009. Still counting. Currently the world's longest serving president is Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema, with 38 years under his belt since he toppled his uncle in 1979. Others that are still counting theirÃâà...
News18
March 17, 2018
Omar Bongo Ondimba governed oil-rich Gabon for more than 41 years until his death in 2009. STILL COUNTING Currently, the world's longest-serving president is Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema, with 38 years under his belt since he toppled his uncle in 1979. Others that are still countingÃâà...
Independent
March 15, 2018
Bongo's father Omar Bongo ruled Gabon from 1967 to 2009 and was under investigation in former colonial ruler France for acquiring prime real estate in the country worth 68 million euros ($83 million), according to French media reports, by allegedly stealing state funds. Ali Bongo's former cabinet secretaryÃâà...
New Straits Times Online
March 11, 2018
In this file photo taken on December 28, 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin toasts with attendees after a ceremony to bestow state awards on military personnel who fought in Syria, at the Kremlin in Moscow.Vladimir Putin, who is set to extend his long rule to 2024 in Russia's presidential election onÃâà...
RFI
March 10, 2018
Bongo's desire to look elsewhere marks a break with the politics of his father and predecessor as president, Omar Bongo. “Omar Bongo was not just francophone but Francophile,” says Glaser. “He was very close to France and the French presidents. But Ali Bongo has always been in rupture with France.
RFI
March 9, 2018
Bongo's desire to look elsewhere marks a break with the politics of his father and predecessor as president, Omar Bongo. “Omar Bongo was not just francophone but Francophile,” says Glaser. “He was very close to France and the French presidents. But Ali Bongo has always been in rupture with France.
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
Muammar Gaddafi, overthrown in 2011, had ruled Libya for 42 years as had Omar Bongo of Gabon who died in 2009. Lansana Conte served for 24 years as president of Guinea, till his death in 2008. Joao Bernardo Vieira, 'God's gift to Guinea-Bissau', in his own words, ruled for 31 years before his ownÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
In the 1990s popular pressure across Africa paved the way for political and constitutional reforms in Gabon. Its second president, Omar Bongo Ondimba allowed multiparty politics for the first time and the country held its first multiparty elections. His Gabonese Democratic Party went on to win against a weakÃâà...
News24
December 31, 1999
In the 1990s popular pressure across Africa paved the way for political and constitutional reforms in Gabon. Its second president, Omar Bongo Ondimba allowed multiparty politics for the first time and the country held its first multiparty elections. His Gabonese Democratic Party went on to win against a weakÃâà...
Mail & Guardian
December 31, 1999
Its second president, Omar Bongo Ondimba allowed multiparty politics for the first time and the country held its first multiparty elections. His Gabonese Democratic Party went on to win against a weak and divided opposition. Bongo senior was elected in 1967, ruling for 42 years until his death in 2009.
