
Jun 16 - By Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Writer
Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Gabon's capital Tuesday to say farewell to late President Omar Bongo, whose flag-draped coffin was paraded through the heart of a nation he was accused of pillaging during four decades of rule.

Jun 11 - By Yves Laurent Goma And Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Writer
Helicopters circled and security forces lunged forward to secure the plane Thursday as a Spanish Air Force jet carrying the body of the president of Gabon landed at the country's international airport.
Jun 8 - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama is offering condolences to the people of Gabon after their longtime president died.
Mar 22 - By Todd Pitman, Associated Press Writer
Behind the tall white walls of a grandiose home belonging to the world's longest-ruling president, ostriches, buffalo and camels roam neatly landscaped lawns — part of a vast private complex said to include a crocodile wetland and lake topped with lotus flowers.