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The rise and rise of Accrombessi

Ali Bongo seems to be attached to the hip to his director of cabinet Maixent Accrombessi, who is now also his assistant at the Grand Lodge of Gabon. [...]

Published on 05/12/2012 at 22:01 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Congo
A new PR man for Sassou Nguesso in Paris

The Paris branch of Congo-Brazaville’s presidential public relations and communications [...]

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Gabon
Bongo places his cronies as Freemason lodge chiefs

Keen to exert greater control over his network of Masonic contacts, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has appointed loyal allies to lead the country’s main lodges.

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Spotlight | Gabon
Anti-Maixent Accrombessi camp awakens

The destruction of the Beninese embassy in Libreville on April 12 has brought into focus the animosity felt by a large segment of the Gabonese population towards President Ali Bongo’s Beninese-born chief-of-staff and spiritual guru Maixent Accrombessi.

Subscribers only Politics 03.06.2015

Gabon
Regis Immongault, the palace favourite

Regis Immongault, who was appointed minister for the economy, the promotion of investment and strategic planning in October 2014, is [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2015

Gabon
Pacome Yamadjako, Ali Bongo’s real estate agent in Morocco

Pacome Yamadjako, the 46-year-old managing director of Excel Compta, a [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.03.2015

Gabon
Who holds the purse-strings?

The government's inability to satisfy wage claims by teachers reflects the fact that only the president is in charge of Gabon's finances.

Subscribers only Politics 11.12.2013

Spotlight | Central Africa
A foot in the palace door

Like all good village leaders, Africa's presidents are all-powerful when it comes to moving a project forward, listening to opposition groups, giving gifts when need be or even altering the outcome of a tender. Increasingly in demand, most now surround [.

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Bongo places his cronies as Freemason lodge chiefs

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Gabon Bongo’s bricks and mortar

Gabon Maixent Accrombessi promoted

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Gabon
The rise and rise of Accrombessi

Congo
A new PR man for Sassou Nguesso in Paris

Gabon
Bongo places his cronies as Freemason lodge chiefs

Spotlight | Gabon
Anti-Maixent Accrombessi camp awakens

Gabon
Regis Immongault, the palace favourite

Gabon
Pacome Yamadjako, Ali Bongo’s real estate agent in Morocco

Gabon
Who holds the purse-strings?

Spotlight | Central Africa
A foot in the palace door

Gabon
Lawyer Paulette Oyane-Ondo upsets leadership

Gabon
Bongo wields a new broom at the top

Gabon
Challengers circle Ndong Sima

Gabon
Maixent Accrombessi omnipresent

Spotlight | Gabon
Ali Bongo's unquenchable thirst for power

Spotlight | Gabon
Bongo fuels oil sector power struggle

Gabon
Bongo’s bricks and mortar

Gabon
Maixent Accrombessi promoted

Gabon
Bongo’s Beninese guru works magic