The leader of Shia Muslim community, Hajj Omar Bongo, has criticised the government for issuing national identity cards with expiry dates, arguing that citizenship is permanent and should not be ...

AFC Leopards legend Patrick Shilasi ‘Omar Bongo’ was given a befitting burial at the weekend in a ceremony that was attended ...

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Ali Bongo's father Omar Bongo Ondimba was president from 1967 until his death in 2009. Ali Bongo succeeded him. Get the latest news and more great videos at NewsdayTV Credit: Newsday Dangerous ...

Nguema, 50, the former head of the country’s republican guard unit, has pledged to diversify the central African nation's largely oil-dependent economy, reform the education system, and reduce youth ...

Treated like a ‘grandson’ by Omar Bongo Ondimba, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was primed to overthrow President Ali Ben Bongo, his mentor’s son. He stood alone against history – facing the body of the ...

At Omar Bongo University in Gabon’s capital, student Nathan Ovono Obiang is as absorbed by what’s going on in his post-co up country as he is in his math’s lessons. “I don’t see any ...

Omar Bongo became president in 1967, remaining at the helm until his death in 2009. His son, Ali Bongo, succeeded him, until Gen Ngeuma toppled him last month. The 48-year-old general had been ...

The month after President M’ba died at the end of November 1967, Bongo – who took the name Omar, after his conversion to Islam – was installed as president, ruling until his death in June 2009.