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Noureddin Bongo's new clothes

Nourredin Bongo and Ali Bongo. © Twitter Account Noureddin Bongo

President Ali Bongo's eldest son is about to embark on a more directly political career, after two years spent as presidential affairs coordinator. [...]

Published on 21/09/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ali Bongo
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Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

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Paris, Rome and Madrid compete to digitise healthcare system

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Noureddin Bongo lands his diplomatic passport just before leaving office

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State teams up with private sector to tackle growing piracy

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Senegal
Guns, gold and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo's new clothes

Gabon
Why Ali Bongo dissolved the Ministry of Public Works

Gabon, Niger
Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

Gabon
Gabonese presidency discreetly employing British adviser Dominic Sudnik

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

Gabon
Paris, Rome and Madrid compete to digitise healthcare system

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo lands his diplomatic passport just before leaving office

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State teams up with private sector to tackle growing piracy

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Bongo's high-stakes carbon gamble ahead of COP26

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Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure