President Ali Bongo has appointed Gabon’s envoy to Togo as his new ambassador to Morocco that hosted him for medical treatment for several months after he suffered a stroke in October while attending an investment conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. President Bongo returned home Sunday after he spent a convalescence period in Morocco. In January, President Bongo had interrupted his medical treatment in rabat and spent less than 24 hours in Libreville to attend the inauguration of a new cabinet. Bongo, 59, came to power in the elections held following the death of his father, Omar Bongo, in 2009. Omar Bongo had ruled the country for 41 years.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 27, 2019 13:41 UTC