Read more Gabon stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/41258/gabon.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:18:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62079/sarko-jeered-at-african-leaders-funeral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCrowds in the African nation of Gabon booed Nicolas Sarkozy at the funeral of the country's long-serving strongman president, Omar Bongo. Dozens of onlookers shouted "We don't want you, leave!" at the French leader and his predecessor, Jacques Chirac. France ruled Gabon in the colonial era and kept close ties...http://www.newser.com/story/62079/sarko-jeered-at-african-leaders-funeral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 5:39:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61587/africa-well-rid-of-thieves-like-gabons-bongo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGabon is officially in mourning for Omar Bongo, who was, until his death Monday, the world’s longest-serving president in the world. But unofficially, “it’s worth remembering that Bongo was precisely the kind of leader Gabon, and Africa, could have done without,” Alex Perry writes for Time . The tiny, oil-rich country...http://www.newser.com/story/61587/africa-well-rid-of-thieves-like-gabons-bongo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 11:43:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61310/gabon-president-omar-bongo-dead-at-73.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGabonese President Omar Bongo has died of cardiac arrest at age 73, the BBC reports. Bongo has led Gabon since 1967, which made him the longest serving president in the world. Bongo has been in a hospital in Barcelona since May, and prior rumors of his death had sparked panic...http://www.newser.com/story/61310/gabon-president-omar-bongo-dead-at-73.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 12:35:01 CDT