Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba speaks during an interview in Libreville, Gabon, May 22, 2014. REUTERS/Emma Farge By Emma Farge LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Above the entrance to the towering oil ministry ...

The future of a rare species of antelope rides in part on the virility of Ed, the Virginia Zoo’s 18-month-old bongo. Ed is being sent to Africa to help repopulate Mount Kenya with bongos, which were ...

When it comes to Africa’s forest wildlife, few animals capture the imagination like the bongo antelope (Tragelaphus eurycerus). This magnificent creature, with its striking reddish-brown coat, bold ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LIBREVILLE, Gabon — 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 ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world. But he swore one wouldn’t happen to him. “While our continent has been ...

Imagine a political career lasting longer than most Hollywood marriages. That’s the story of Omar Bongo’s journey from a small town to Africa’s longest-serving president. Our story starts with a young ...

The wife of Gabon’s deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba, under house arrest since a coup in the central African country in late August, has been jailed, her lawyer said on Thursday. Sylvia Bongo ...

Gabon's president, Ali Bongo, at the Elysee Palace, Paris, France, Sept. 14, 2015 (SIPA photo by Christian Liewig via AP). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn ...

N'DJAMENA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Gabon's president-elect Ali Ben Bongo visited Chad on Saturday, his third stop on a central African tour intended to garner regional support after winning a vote that ...

Natnael Berhane (Europcar) became the first African rider to win the Tropicale Amissa Bongo stage race when he edged out Luis Leon Sanchez (Caja Rural-RGA Seguros) on the final stage in Libreville on ...