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Inner circles | Gabon
Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure

The 26-year-old half-brother of Ali Bongo and grandson of Denis Sassou Nguesso, Omar Denis Jr Bongo, appears to have been increasingly ostracised by the Gabonese president's clan, who suspect him of harbouring presidential ambitions for 2023. [...]

Published on 30/04/2020 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 4 minutes Paul Deutschmann

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Inner circles | Gabon
Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure

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Bongo and Sassou ready to bury hatchet

Gabon
Paris suspends sale of armoured vehicles to Republican Guard ahead of elections

Spotlight | Gabon
Pascaline Bongo and Omar Denis Jr Bongo are latest to be charged in 'ill-gotten gains' case

Gabon
Gabonese presidency discreetly employing British adviser Dominic Sudnik

In Focus | Gabon
New deal could end president's wiretap monopoly

Congo, Gabon
Omar Denis Jr Bongo family feud ratchets up a notch in Paris

Congo
Sassou NGuesso never without grandson Omar Denis by his side

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo's new clothes

Gabon
French Riviera hideaway for president's half-brother Christian Bongo in jeopardy

Gabon
The discreet new Côte d'Azur life of Ali Bongo's half-brother

Gabon
Clan rifts widen as Bongos pushed out of state jobs

Congo, Gabon
From Libreville to Brazzaville, nobody trusts Omar Denis Jr Bongo

Gabon
Strikes expose Bongo regime's shortcomings

Gabon
A second Bongo heir enters the presidency

Gabon
Sylvia and Pascaline Bongo make up again in latest episode of palace soap opera

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

Congo
Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

Gabon
Food aid makes for healthy public relations

Gabon
Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

Gabon
Omar Denis Jr Bongo researches Togolese politics

Gabon
Pascaline Bongo returns to family fold

Congo, Gabon
Sassou Nguesso keeps a close eye on Ali Bongo's health

Gabon
For how long can Bongo leave his chair vacant?

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How the state will make do without its leader

Gabon
Bongo seeks a majority in the parliamentary elections

Gabon
Ali Bongo keeps it in the family