This Day (Lagos)
17 June 2009
Omar Bongo Ondimba, former President of Gabon who died in Barcelona, Spain last week, is a metaphor for the African condition. After ruling one of the continent's most endowed nations for over four decades, the erstwhile "Big Man" died in a foreign land in search of solution to even his own medical problem.
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We should be grateful to God for taking the tyrants that have beladen Africa and have caused this backwardness. He has gone the way of his predecessor (Gen. Sani Abacha). It calls for celebration.