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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...