Gabon: Ondimba’s return, mature continuity

President of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba returned home late January 14 from his convalescence in Morocco, where he had been following a stroke he suffered while in Saudi Arabia on October 24. Ondimba did not appear in the Gabonese public, but nonetheless asserted the functions of his office by swearing in his new government led by newly-appointed Prime Minister Julien Nkoghe Bekale. It’s rare that seemingly personalized systems of government face the sort of test to their chain of executive authority that Gabon had to experience since October. Concerns as to continuity of government and political stability were raised in …

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