VOA NEWS: GABON FACES CHALLENGE TO REFORM

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | July 7, 2006 | Copyright

The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Jeffrey Young

The West African coastal state of Gabon has had only one president for nearly 40 years. Omar Bongo Ondimba, Africa's longest serving head of state, has presided during decades of oil-based prosperity that may not be sustainable.

The shops in the capital of the Gabonese Republic, Libreville, are filled with expensive goods from Europe and Asia. Government ministry buildings are plush and built on a grand scale. The administration of Gabon's President, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba is stable, with key posts filled with his family ...

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