Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé)
19 October 2009
The Republic Of Gabon is under the control of a new Head of State, Ali Bongo Ondimba, since last Friday October 16, 2009. The 50-year-old son of the former President of Gabon, Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died last June in Barcelona, Spain, is no novice to Gabonese political landscape. Yet he centred his political campaign on change, and it is now pressing on him to deliver on his electoral promises.
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Richard Just so you know, "Ali9" stands represents Gabon's 9 provinces, check it out on Ali's website: http://www.ali9.org/. Ali campaigned in all 9 provinces unlike the two leading opposition candidates which only campaigned in their respective ethnic base. Not the 9 lives which you suggested. Ali is quoted as saying, "I am my father's son but I am not my father", see Africa Confidential Vol 50, Number 18, front page, Blue Lines. I am confident Ali Bongo will help Gabon emerge to a new level and a new Republic. Cracking down on corruption already with the arrests of BEAC Chairman. More good things to follow such as only 29 Ministers as oppossed to the 50 as in the last government. Joe