Gabon: The fall of the house of Bongo

From disputed elections to political score-settling, we delve into the Bongo saga.

“Please make noise.” In the space of a few hours, these words travelled around the world. A cry for help launched by Ali Bongo Ondimba a few hours after he’d been overthrown by Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, the call remains unanswered – amid a silence fraught with meaning. Why is this? How did the long-time president find himself abandoned by his whole entourage?

Frustrations, jealousies…