Omar Bongo, the "financier" of Françafrique (7 & 8)

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Paris. 09/30/1980. Elysee Palace. Gabonese President Omar Bongo (c) and Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko (d). © Pierre Guillaud / AFP

By: Alain Foka

It is the story of a Bantu chief who, from his height of 51 meters, simply threatened to blow up the Fifth French Republic. It is the story of a network man who managed to install on the map of the world in bold a small territory of 267,000 km² located in the heart of the equatorial forest which has barely more than a million people. inhabitants. This is the story of Omar Bongo Ondimba from Gabon.

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