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She is accused of helping French construction company Egis Route secure public contracts in Gabon between 2010 and 2011, in exchange for the promise of an €8

She is accused of helping French construction company Egis Route secure public contracts in Gabon between 2010 and 2011, in exchange for the promise of an €8

A Paris court is preparing to deliver its verdict on corruption charges against Pascaline Bongo, the daughter and chief of staff of Gabon's late president, Omar Bongo. She is accused of accepting millions of euros to help a French company secure contracts. A verdict is expected on Monday in the trial of Pascaline Bongo – eldest daughter of Omar Bongo and sister of Ali Bongo, who replaced his father as head of state until he was ousted in a coup last year.She is accused of helping Fre...

Pascaline Bongo, eldest daughter of the late Gabonese President Omar Bongo and sister of deposed President Ali Bongo, appears from Monday January 29 before the News

She is accused of facilitating public contracts in Gabon between 2010 and 2011 for the French construction firm Egis Route, for a promised reward of 8m euro ($8.4m; £6.9m).

Pascaline Bongo, eldest daughter of former president Omar Bongo Ondimba, will be tried in early 2024 in Paris with the company Egis Route, a subsidiary of the French News

A French court will try Pascaline Bongo, eldest daughter of Gabon's former president Omar Bongo, early next year on suspicion of corruption, a judicial source told AFP.

The Bongo family that controlled Gabon for 56 years, until the coup a few days ago, loved music so much that they likely spent millions of the oil-rich country's dollars on courting international artists.

A palace putsch fired by anger over a disputed election ends Ali Ben Bongos rule but not the old elites influence, The speed at which General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who is due to be sworn in as transitional president on 4 September, has consolidated power suggests his putsch against President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba in the early hours of 30 August had been well prepared among a few senior officers and politicians, many nursing personal grievances against the regime.

Ossa said the military takeover was ‘a palace revolution, not a coup’ staged to keep the Bongo family in power in Gabon.