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Sylvia Bongo relatives arrested in Gabon anti-drug operation

By AFP | 9mos ago
Gabon's President Ali Bongo looks on during the One Forest Summit at the Presidential Palace in Libreville on March 2, 2023. [AFP]

Three relatives of deposed first lady of Gabon Sylvia Bongo have been arrested in an anti-drug operation in the country.

According to the public prosecutor's office, the arrests on Tuesday came days after she and her husband, Gabon's former leader Ali Bongo Ondimba, testified in a French court against the perpetrators of the 2023 coup that ousted him from power.

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