Omar Bongo: Pint-sized ‘dinosaur’ who stifled Gabon

Brief:

True to form, the late Gabonese leader, like the legion of post-colonial African presidents and freebooters, came to power and relegated his citizenry to mere spectators of the plunder and rape of their natural resources. And like his contemporaries, Bongo’s legacy is abject poverty ...more

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1. On Sunday June 14, 2009, 15:07 PM , David Lubanga, Germany wrote:
  Fantastic article. I love it. Thankfully, we are all mortals and no matter how much we loot from the hapless public under our charge, we will leave it behind. Hopefully all this consolidated wealth will return back to the people, albeit so late

 
2. On Sunday June 14, 2009, 4:08 AM , paschelis9, United States wrote:
  what a beautiful article!this is marvelous.God has helped the gabonese people to get rid of a fool and crook like Bongo.God will rid Africa of all its monsters like Bongo and there are many of them.

 

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