Omar-Denis Junior Bongo

Africa
Emmanuel Macron, Andry Rajoelina, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mohamed Médiène

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Gabon
Gabon given plaintiff status in 'ill-gotten gains' case

The Paris Court of Appeal has granted plaintiff status to the state of Gabon in the "Ill-gotten gains" case, making it the first country involved in the case to obtain that status and providing it with access to the investigation file.

Palace Intrigues
Paul Biya, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Ali Bongo, Gims, Mathilde of Belgium

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Gabon Biya skips summit, Sassou snubs group photo

Gabon Congolese delegation plays cat and mouse with Gabonese opposition

Senegal French rappers Gims and Maes pick luxury concierge service

Egypt Belgium's Queen Mathilde acts as ambassador for tourism

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Henri Konan Bedie, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Emmanuel Macron and Assimi Goita

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory Coast Bedie's secret call to Ouattara

Niger embassies deplore administrative harassment

Congo Omar Denis Jr Bongo feels at home in Malabo

France/Mali Behind Assimi Goita's first call to Macron

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Aristides Gomès, Omar Denis Bongo Junior

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory Coast/Burkina Faso Ouattara wary of the Burkinabe PM

Congo Arlette Soudan-Nonault still enjoying the limelight

Guinea-Bissau Former PM Gomès calls on France and the UN to help

Equatorial Guinea Omar Denis Bongo Junior supports Obiang in Malabo

Central Africa, Gabon
Magistrate Serge Tournaire takes on 'ill-gotten gains' African files

The examining magistrate that the presidents of Brazzaville and Libreville least wanted to see take over the African hearings of the 'ill-gotten cases', Serge Tournaire, is now handling the investigation.

Congo
Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso loses ground in Brazzaville

Despite considerable self-promotion efforts, the international cooperation minister is struggling to find his place within a government where he has managed to irk several ministers. His public-private partnership law has just been rejected by his father, the Congolese president, who keeps him at a safe distance from presidential affairs.

France
Judge Dominique Blanc no longer on 'ill-gotten gains' case

There will be a new judge on the case of the "ill-gotten gains" in France involving the presidential families of Gabon and Congo as the investigations continue and charges pile up.

Gabon
Mebiame family drags intelligence services into its inheritance quarrels

Since his death in 2015, the heirs of former prime minister Léon Mebiame Mba have been fighting over the substantial estate of one of the one country's biggest landowners. The special services have now intervened at the request of the children of his first wife, led by Samuel Mebiame.

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

The Paris court of law has just charged four of Omar Bongo's children, including Omar Denis Jr Bongo, grandson of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, and his half-sister Pascaline Bongo, in the so-called 'ill-gotten gains' case.

Gabon
Frédéric Bongo is referred to a disciplinary board

Breaking news published on 14/03/2022 at 11h45 : For a long time Ali Bongo's eyes and ears, the Republican Guard's former head of intelligence Frédéric Bongo is being sidelined, as tensions between the president's family and Omar-Denis Bongo Jr, the son of former President Omar Bongo rise.

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

Breaking news published on 15/11/21 at 12:45 - An ongoing row pitting Omar Denis Jr Bongo against his half-brothers and sisters turned physical in Paris last week. The close presence of Omar Bongo's son and Edith Lucie Sassou Nguesso at the Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso's side, threatens to turn the Parisian incident into a diplomatic crisis.

Congo
Sassou NGuesso never without grandson Omar Denis by his side

Omar Denis Junior Bongo Ondimba accompanies his grandfather, Congolese President Denis Sassou NGuesso, on every trip. Next up, the Paris Peace Forum, which begins on 11 November.