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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