Rais Omar Bongo wa Gabon Afariki Dunia

Rais Bongo na mke wake Edith Lucie Bongo Ondimba wakifungua densi.

Rais Omar Bongo wa Gabon, amefariki dunia leo. Alikuwa anaumwa ugonjwa wa kansa (saratani). Alikuwa na miaka 73. Aliongoza Gaboa kwa miaka 42. Al Haji Bongo anaingia katika vitabu vya historia kama rais aliyeongoza nchi ya kiafrika kwa mingi mingi kuliko marais wengine wa Afrika.

Mola ailaze roho yake mahala pema peponi. AMIN. REST IN PEACE.

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Reports: Gabon’s president dead at 73


(CNN) — Gabon’s President Omar Bongo — Africa’s longest-serving ruler — has died after a battle with cancer, a major news agency in Gabon reported Sunday.

Bongo, 73, had been receiving treatment for intestinal cancer at the Quiron clinic in Barcelona, Spain, according to the Gabonews agency, which reported Bongo’s death. French media also reported the death, but there was no official confirmation from Gabon’s government.

Bongo took power in 1967, seven years after the West African country’s independence from France.

He imposed one-party rule a year after succeeding the country’s first president, who died in office. He allowed multiparty elections after a new constitution in 1991, but his party has retained control of the government since then.