Could Pascaline Bongo Ondimba be linked to the coup d’état? The favourite daughter stepped aside for her younger brother to become president, but their relationship remained fractious.
If Pascaline Bongo Ondimba was hoping to stay out of the limelight when the Republican Guard and General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema deposed her brother, President Ali Bongo Ondimba, on 30 August, she didn’t stand a chance.
The day after the coup, oppositionist Albert Ondo Ossa accused the toppled leader’s sister of being “behind” Nguema, who will be sworn in on Monday, 4 September as head of the Gabonese transition. “This is a palace revolution. One Bongo has replaced another Bongo!” he added.
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