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post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Most Americans welcomed President Barack Obama's pledge in a speech last month to re-engage the United States in the work of the United Nations. The U.N. can do much important work around the world and also relieve the United States of some of its global responsibilities or aid it in meeting them. All that said, it is fair to add that the U.N. is sometimes difficult to work with, given some of its...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The Republic Of Gabon is under the control of a new Head of State, Ali Bongo Ondimba, since last Friday October 16, 2009. The 50-year-old son of the former President of Gabon, Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died last June in Barcelona, Spain, is no novice to Gabonese political landscape. Yet he centred his political campaign on change, and it is now pressing on him to deliver on his electoral promises.
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Gabon's new president Ali Ben Bongo has named his first government. Mr. Bongo is promising change after more than 40 years under his father, Omar Bongo.
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IOL (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Gabon's failed opposition candidates urged mass resistance and rejected a top court's validation of the contested poll win of Omar Bongo as president.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
The transition has been completed in Gabon with the validation of the election of Ali Bongo Ondimba to the presidency of the Republic after the elections on August 30 and after the Constitutional Court had ended Monday night the process initiated following the death of President Omar Bongo Ondimba, June 8.
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
[JURIST] The Constitutional Court of Gabon upheld on Monday the presidential election victory of Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba. Bongo, former minister of defence and foreign affairs and of son of long-time Gabonese president Omar Bongo, received over 40 percent of the vote, but was accused of fraud by his challengers. The court rejected the claims filed by the opposition, and ordered that the inauguration...
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RooftopBlog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
by Lance Gould As they usually do in the autumn, most of the heads of the world’s countries came to the United States last week to address the United Nations. There was the usual mix of terrifying white guys and terrifying people of color. Sadly, Gabonese dictator Omar Bongo — long the head of state with [...]
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Gabon's political opposition present a united front against the August election results, which handed the son of former dictator Omar Bongo the presidency. Politicians and citizens alike speak out against France's meddling in the country's politics.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
For over forty years, the country was ruled by one man, Omar Bongo. After his death, elections named Ali Bongo, Omar's son, the new president. However, two other candidates are also claiming victory. And they're not backing down.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Following the election of Ali Ben Bongo to the Gabonese presidency, Tidiane Kassé considers the reaction of commentators in the African press to the victory. With the death of his father and long-time dictator Omar Bongo in June, many regard Ali Ben Bongo's election as the mere continuation of the Bongo dynasty, Kassé notes, a continuation decidedly in the interests of the French former...
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Rangot1205 (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Newly elected president of Gabon: Ali Bongo has just tap the wisdom of Kabila The newly elected president of Gabon, Mr. Ali Bongo has paid his first visit to Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo. He was admitted Saturday, September 12, 2009 by Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Republic and Chairman of the Economic Community of African States (ECCAS) and SADC. During two hours, the...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
THE Big Man is dead; long live the Big Man. Regrettably, that sums up the outcome of Gabon's recent election following the death in June of Omar Bongo, Africa's longest serving ruler, after more than four decades in power. Last week, Bongo's 50-year-old son, Ali Ben Bongo, who was Gabon's defence minister until he resigned to contest the presidential election on the ticket of the ruling Gabonese Democratic...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Opposition parties called Monday for a recount of a disputed election that brought Ali Ben Bongo, the son of the longtime leader Omar Bongo, to power.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
That a phenomenon called Omar Bongo ruled Gabon for 41 years is no longer a news but the question is whether his influence would wane following his death some months ago.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Nairobi/Libreville Gabon has suffered a second day of violence and looting following the victory of Ali-Ben Bongo in presidential elections. Opposition supporters first went on the rampage Thursday after Bongo, whose late father Omar Bongo ruled th...
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