Tag: Omar Bongo
A Fight Inside Gabon’s Kleptocratic Dynasty Exposes The Complicity Of French...
AFRICANGLOBE - Home to one of four French military bases in Africa, Gabon remains the ‘epicenter of Françafrique’ and the sphere of influence ‘par excellence’ where French businesses control more than 30 per cent of some market sectors. ‘Gabon has been like a drinking trough for the biggest French companies, who under Omar Bongo, have been behind unprecedented crimes, illicit agreements, abuse of public goods, and abuse of their dominant position,’ declared the head of Ali Bongo’s cabinet office Maixent Accrombessi.
