Gabon President Vows to Give Inheritance to Charity

18 August 2015

Gabon's President Ali Bongo has pledged to give his share of the inheritance from his father to charity and said his family was also handing over properties including a villa in the capital and two homes in Paris to the state.

Bongo has led the central African country since winning a 2009 election that followed the death of his father Omar Bongo, who was one of the world's longest-serving presidents.

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