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Ali Bongos eldest son, former presidential spokesman Jessye Ella Ekogha, and four other people were "indicted on Tuesday and remanded in custody",

Son Of Ousted Gabon President Charged With Corruption

Ali Bongos eldest son, former presidential spokesman Jessye Ella Ekogha, and four other people were "indicted on Tuesday and remanded in custody",

Ali Bongos son, Noureddin Bongo Valentin; former presidency spokesperson Jessye Ella Ekogha among those arrested.

Three weeks after Ali Bongo Ondimba was overthrown in a coup, one of his sons and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with corruption and placed in custody, the state prosecutor said Wednesday

"The president of the transition (...) decided today to reactivate the task force for controlling internal and external debt in order to carry out the verification of all public markets.

The coup – West and Central Africa’s eighth in three years – drew cheering crowds onto the streets.

The military's assertion of control commenced on Wednesday, shortly after the election commission of Gabon declared Bongo as the re-elected president in the aftermath of the recent weekend's election. Individuals dressed in military attire took to national television to announce their seizure of authority.

Days after the Gabon army seized power, overthrowing the newly re-elected President Ali Bongo, pressure is mounting for power to be returned to the people.

Central African bloc calls for return to constitutional order Ali Bongo's son incarcerated for alleged embezzlement Newly appointed military leader Nguema to be sworn in on Monday White House pursuing diplomatic solutions to coups in Gabon and Niger LIBREVILLE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Pressure mounted on coup leaders in Gabon to hand back power to |