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 ...

While the Gabonese authorities say that their surprise release is temporary, the ousted former president and his family left the country for Angola. Several African heads of state have personally ...

June 7 (Reuters) - The president of Gabon, Omar Bongo, has died after 41 years in power in the west central African country, the website of French magazine Le Point reported on Sunday, quoting a ...

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 ...

Gabon, where the army Monday called for an uprising, is one of Africa's top oil producers and has been ruled for more than 50 years by the Bongo family. Gabon's president Ali Bongo (R), who took over ...