Patrick Roponat News Today

In Libreville, Gabons capital residents react as Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin wife of ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba, is charged with money laundering among other offences, according to the public prosecutor.

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

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

Libreville, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Gabonese military authorities arrested several ministers in the government of former president Ali Bongo and one of his sons, accused of high treason and active corruption, the capital's Prosecutor's Office informed today.

The main opposition platform, Alternance 2023, from which the two personalities come, had "categorically" denied, in a press release Monday evening, "the veracity and authenticity of this conversation". She had invoked "shameful manipulation" and "unacceptable practices of the regime".

Dozens of people were then questioned in police custody as part of the investigation, including officials from the merchant navy, the Ministry of Transport and executives from the RCM.

Search mission continues four days after Esther Miracle vessel carrying 161 people from Libreville to Port-Gentil sank.