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Leader of Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike spoke to Senior Reporter, EMMA OGU on plans by his movement to mourn the death of President Omar Bongo of Gabon. He also accuses South east governors of not delivering on their campaign promises
After becoming president, Bongo set about building a one-party state. "Gabon was being tugged between different tribes and regions," he said.
Last month a French corruption inquiry accused the then Gabonese President, Omar Bongo Ondimba, of two grievous crimes: salting away a sinful proportion of Gabon's wealth in an estimated 71 foreign bank accounts in France alone and buying off whole streets of the primest real estate in Paris and Nice; and secondly, of encouraging similar kleptocratic tendencies among the leaders of the republics ...
Described as the most beautiful waterfall in Central Africa, Gabon's Kongou Falls are also at the heart of an environmental controversy that some believe has far-reaching implications for conservation in the country.
As Omar Bongo Ondimba, the Gabonese president who died at age 73 in Barcelona on Jun. 8, is buried in Franceville in the south-west of Gabon on Thursday, his 41-year-reign as absolute ruler of this oil-producing country of 1.5 million has received mixed reviews.
The death of Gabon's President Omar Bongo on 7 May has sparked a range of reactions, reflecting the dubious legacy of a man who played a central figure in the shady web of political and economic ties between France and Africa. Tidiane Kasse explores what politicians and commentators had to say.
The deference to President Omar Bongo of Gabon was bizarre. Even when French media agencies were bristling with the news of his death in a Spanish clinic, there was a flat denial by Gabon's authorities. The 73-year-old man who had ruled the country for 42 years could not be imagined dead.
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.
Government and opposition parties in Gabon are discussing delaying presidential elections to enable the updating of voters' rolls, according to the Kinshasa newspaper, Le Potentiel.
El Haji Omar Bongo Ondimba, the diminutive President of Gabon, passed on last week at 73. After 42 years of uninterrupted control of Gabon, he became the world's longest serving president by March 2008 (possibly one of the richest), overtaking Cuba's Fidel Castro, who stepped down due to failing health.
DEATH is the price of living. Hence, it is a common belief amongst Africans that you do not speak ill of the dead. I do not intend to go against this culture; all I want to do is point out the contradictions in El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, the Gabonese President, who mercifully passed away this Monday June 7, 2009 in Spain.
President Paul Biya and wife, Chantal Biya attended the official funeral ceremony in Libreville yesterday.
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