Libreville, Gabon News

Libreville - A presidential election must take place in Gabon by September 6, the constitutional court ruled on Wednesday, after the death in June of Africa's longest-serving leader Omar Bongo Ondimba.

LIBREVILLE, Gabon - When longtime dictator Omar Bongo died earlier this month, he left behind at least 66 bank accounts.

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China and Gabon will always maintain friendly relations as their friendship is deeply rooted between the two peoples, Li Fushun, Chinese Ambassador to Gabon, told Xinhua in an interview on Friday.

Described as the most beautiful waterfall in Central Africa, Gabon's Kongou Falls are also at the heart of an environmental controversy that some believe has far-reaching implications for conservation in the country.

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Omar Bongo of Gabon, one of the world's longest ruling heads of state, was buried Thursday in his native province after a weeklong state funeral that saw nearly two dozen world leaders pay their respects.

Hostess arranges flowers brought to pay tribute to late Gabonese president Omar Bongo Ondimba outside presidential palace in Libreville Heads of state paid their last respects to Omar Bongo at a state funeral for the long-time Gabonese leader.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and a dozen Heads of State from around Africa gathered in Gabon today to mark the death of President Omar Bongo after more than four decades in power.

The World Cup qualifying match scheduled Saturday between Gabon and Cameroon has been postponed while the host nation mourns late president Omar Bongo.

The Leader of the Senate of Gabon, Rose Francine Rogombe, swore in as President ad interim, today June 10, following the June 8th death of President Omar Bongo.

Libreville - Gabon's Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong and his government could be about to resign on Saturday following a constitutional court ruling, a government source said.

During more than four decades in power, Bongo maintained close ties withParis, outlasting a string of French presidents from Charles de Gaulle toSocialist Francois Mitterand and Sarkozy's predecessor Jacques Chirac.

's Senate speaker Rose Francine Rogombe, 66, was sworn in yesterday as interim head of state at an official ceremony in Libreville , after the death of president Omar Bongo Ondimba.

The youngest in a family of twelve children, Bongo was born on 30 December 1935 in Lewai, a town of the Haut-Ogoou province in southeastern Gabon near the border with the Republic of the Congo.

The oil-rich West African nation must find new leader after 42 years under Omar Bongo.

The body of the late Gabonese President Omar Bongo is due to arrive back in the West African state.

POPULATION: Almost 1.5 million people live in Gabon, one of the lowest population densities in Africa.

A Gabonese teacher has told the BBC why she is not mourning veteran leader Omar Bongo, who has died after 42 years in power.

Nairobi/ Libreville, Gabon - The head of Gabon's Senate was due to be sworn in as interim president on Wednesday after the death of Africa's longest-serving leader, Omar Bongo, the West African nation's constitutional court said.