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Tuesday | AllAfrica.com

Equatorial Guinea: After his Release, Simon Mann Seeks Revenge and a Book Deal

An expensive round of score-settling and legal cases among the purported financiers and conspirators behind the 2004 coup plot in Equatorial Guinea is likely to be the immediate outcome of the release of convicted plotter Simon Mann, a dual British and South Africannational, in Malabo on 2 November.

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Related Topix: Equatorial Guinea, World News, Africa, Prison, Teodoro Obiang, South Africa

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Al-Ahram Weekly Online

Counterblasts

Opposition groups staged their own rally as the NDP's sixth annual conference was in full swing, reports Mona El-Nahhas "This is Egypt, not Gabon", the title of a conference held by the 6 April Youth group to run parallel to the sixth annual conference of the ruling National Democratic Party , made reference to the succession scenario in Gabon, ...

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Gabon

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Daily Trojan

Global watchdog oversteps bounds

There are a lot of theoretical arguments these days about how much power non-state actors can legitimately wield in a globalized world.

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Related Topix: Denis Sassou-nguesso, World News, Congo, Africa, Teodoro Obiang, Equatorial Guinea

Sun Nov 01, 2009

News24

Gabon cuts public sector pay

Gabon's new government will put a ceiling on public sector wages, it announced on Thursday through the media, in line with new President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's pledge to cut public spending.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Gabon

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Shanghai Daily

Money-laundering probe into African leaders off

A FRENCH court has decided not to pursue an investigation into three African heads of state for money laundering linked to their assets in France.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Gabon, Congo, Denis Sassou-nguesso, Teodoro Obiang

Thu Oct 29, 2009

KPLR-11

French court decides not to probe 3 African leaders for possible money laundering

A French court has decided not to pursue an investigation into three African heads of state for money laundering linked to their assets in France.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Gabon, Congo, Denis Sassou-nguesso, Teodoro Obiang, Equatorial Guinea

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Free Press

Well-known prankster votes in ADQ leadership as ex-Gabonese dictator

Dead Gabonese dictator Omar Bongo is drumming up renewed interest in the recent Action democratique du Quebec leadership race.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Gabon

Walta Information Centre

Ali Bongo takes oath of office to succeeds his father

Ali Bongo Ondimba, the victor in the Aug. 30 presidential elections, took oath of office on Friday at the Presidential Palace in Libreville and succeeded his father Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died on June 8 at the age of 73, after ruling the West African country for 41 years.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Wilson's Almanac

New Gabonese president names new government

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Gabon 's new president Ali Ben Bongo has named his first government, after winning the country's recent presidential elections.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Gabon

Mon Oct 19, 2009

KXMA-TV Dickinson

Gabon's president is sworn in

The son of Gabon's longtime dictator was sworn in as president following disputed elections that opposition candidates said were fraudulent.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Gabon

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Xinhuanet

Ali Bongo takes oath of office to succeeds his father

Ali Bongo Ondimba, the victor in the Aug. 30 presidential elections, took oath of office on Friday at the Presidential Palace in Libreville and succeeded his father Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died on June 8 at the age of 73, after ruling the West African country for 41 years.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Gabon, Congo, Sao Tome and Principe

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Frost Illustrated

U.S. begins controversial training of African armies

The U.S. Africa Command has begun training dozens of African armies in a program designed to improve communications by establishing a network linking their command and control structures.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Gabon

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Independent Online

Opposition rejects validation of Bongo win

Libreville - Gabon's failed opposition candidates on Wednesday urged mass resistance and rejected a top court's validation of the contested poll win of Omar Bongo as president of the oil-rich African nation.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Gabon, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Jean Eyeghe Ndong

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Jurist

Gabon court declares Bongo victor in disputed presidential election

The court rejected [AP report] the claims filed by the opposition, and ordered that the inauguration can take place in the coming days.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Gabon

Mon Oct 12, 2009

BBC

Gabon's Constitutional Court upholds presidential election victory of Ali Ben Bongo

Gabon's Constitutional Court has upheld Ali Ben Bongo's victory in August's presidential election, opening the way for him to be sworn in.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Gabon

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Pan-African News Wire

The Crimes of Bongo: Apartheid & Terror In Africa's Gardens of Eden

THE CRIMES OF BONGO APARTHEID & TERROR IN AFRICA'S GARDENS OF EDEN keith harmon snow http://www.allthingspass.com In September 2003 the National Geographic unveiled the first in a series of feature stories about the world's 'least spoiled' and 'most threatened' tropical forests.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, World News, Congo, Africa, Gabon,

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Global Voices Online

Gabona s bloggers struggle to take hold

Ideas , Cyber-Activism , Elections , Governance , Human Rights , Media , War & Conflict , Politics Languages: French , English Full Category List Excerpt Adriankoto Harinjaka Ratozamanana, a Global Voices in Malagasy translator, went to Gabon to help report the presidential election on Twitter, Facebook, and blogs in a country where journalists are ...

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Related Topix: Blog News, Activism, World News, Africa, Gabon, Social Software, Journalism

Pan-African News Wire

Africom Head Defends US Military Excercise in Gabon

Africom head defends military exercise in Gabon Tue Sep 29, 8:43 pm ET WASHINGTON - The head of the US Africa command defended holding a joint military exercise in Gabon, which has been rocked by protests in the wake of a disputed election in early September.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Gabon, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Independent Online

Gabon recount next week - opposition

Gabon's constitutional court on Tuesday will recount votes from last month's disputed presidential election won by the son of longtime leader Omar Bongo Ondimba, the opposition said on Saturday.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Gabon

Thu Oct 01, 2009

BBC

Gabon opposition rejects re-count

Opposition parties in Gabon have rejected the terms of a re-count of votes from last month's controversial presidential poll.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Gabon

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