THE picture in the fan-mag showed this gangly kid in jeans and a sweat shirt, his face contorted, mouth wide open, beating with both hands on a bongo set round his shoulder, over it the headline BONGO ...

LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Angry protesters torched Gabon’s parliament Wednesday, August 31, after President Ali Bongo was declared winner of what he claimed was a “peaceful and transparent” election, but ...

Omar Bongo’s reign among living heads of government – 37 years – is second only to Cuba‘s Fidel Castro, who has led the communist country for nearly 46 years. In Africa, only Togo‘s late President ...

As Gabon begins a month of mourning and condolences pour in for President Omar Bongo, the world’s longest serving President, who died on Monday at 73 in his 42nd year in power, it’s worth remembering ...

Gabonese President Ali Bongo, who is convalescing in Morocco after suffering a stroke five months ago, will return home this weekend for the third time since he fell ill, his office has said. Bongo ...