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Article: Omar Bongo.(Omar Bongo, president of Gabon)(Obituary)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 20, 2009
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Omar Bongo Ondimba, president of Gabon, died on June 8th, aged 73
ON THE Atlantic coast of Gabon, white sand beaches slope out into the ocean. That sand, in which few tourists leave their footprints, was Omar Bongo's. Elephants and buffalo stroll down to the water, and leatherback turtles make their nests: his elephants, his buffalo, his turtles. Oil rigs and gas flares punctuate the horizon: his oil, 3.2 billion barrels in proven reserves. Eastwards, the silver carriages of the world's most expensive railway rattle five times a week through his hardwood forests between Libreville, the capital, and Franceville, in his homeland, carrying loads of his manganese or ...
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Article: Omar Bongo, Gabon leader for 41 years, dies ...
International Herald Tribune;
June 9, 2009 ;
559 words
... ... Times International Herald Tribune 06-09-2009 Omar Bongo, Gabon leader for 41 years, dies in Spain OBITUARY Byline ... Section: NEWS DAKAR, Senegal: -- President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, Africa's longest- entrenched autocrat, has ...
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