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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 President Ali Bongo has been sworn in for a second 7-year term following a disputed election that sparked deadly violence and uncertainty for the Central African nation. Bongo took his oath of ...