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Now that judges have refused to pursue the complaint, observers say, Bongo junior is ready to resume business as usual with his French allies and is due in Paris for a three-day visit and talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Gabon's National Communications Council has suspended at least six publications for what it says are ethical violations of journalism.

Six independent newspapers have been suspended in Gabon for "violations of the principles of professional conduct and ethics" and two other titles were "warned to respect the regulations." Among their "violations" was to criticise the contested September election of Ali Bongo Ondimba as president of the oil-rich equatorial African nation.

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.

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, ...

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.