US Cables: Gabon’s President Bongo Pocketed Millions in Embezzled Funds, Funnelled Money to Chirac and Sarkozy

Gabon’s late president allegedly channelled money to French political parties in support of Nicolas Sarkozy Gabon’s President Omar Bongo and France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy in Libreville, July 2007. Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters Gabon’s late president Omar Bongo allegedly pocketed millions in embezzled funds from central African states, channelling some of it to French political parties in [...] continue reading the breaking news