GABON: RULING FAMILY PLOTS FAR-REACHING PURGE TO CONTINUE DYNASTIC SUCCESSION

GABON: RULING FAMILY PLOTS FAR-REACHING PURGE TO CONTINUE DYNASTIC SUCCESSION

   Mon, 20 January 2020

The ruling family is plotting to extend its five decades in power despite the continued medical issues of Gabon’s president. A wide-ranging purge of ministers and senior officials is ongoing to smoothen another dynastic succession by 2023. Although few Gabonese will favour such a political scenario, its impact would be relatively favourable to the country’s commercial sectors and risk outlook.



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