The French media reported the death of the President of Gabon.

In a hospital in Barcelona, June 7, died on 73-year-old president of Gabon, Omar Bongo Ondimba, to govern the country for the past 42 years, reported Agence France-Presse, citing sources in the government of France. On the death of Bongo also said French magazine Le Point.
Information about the death of Bongo is not officially confirmed. Moreover, as passes AP, Minister of Gabon, Olga Gondzhout appeared on national television and stated that Ondimba is alive and remains in hospital in a regular survey. As Prime Minister of Gabon, Jean Eyge, he was on death Bongo is not known.
Sources in Spain, AFP reported that the President of Gabon, arrived in this country in order to undergo treatment for cancer. As the Spanish agency EFE, in the hospital, which was placed Bongo, the message of his death is not confirmed, nor denied.
Bongo became president of Gabon in 1967 and, as of May 2009, led by the permanent country longer than any other African presidents.