Monday, June 8, 2009

In Gabon, disable internet after reports of the death of the president.

After the French media about the death of the President of Gabon, Omar Bongo Ondimba (Omar Bongo Ondimba) in this African country has been almost universally disabled access to the Internet, reports AFP referring to local residents. According to the agency in the country's capital Libreville on strategic intersections deployed police and troops, but on the ring road around the city is armored tehnika.Ochevidtsy reported that in the shops of Libreville residents buy up rice and vegetable oil, as well as consider the situation in the country uncertain.
Information about the death of a Ondimba morning June 8, with reference to sources in the French government. Officially, these data did not confirm the French authorities, and the Gabonese - denied. The Ambassador of France in Gabon was summoned to the Foreign Ministry of that country, where he stated the inadmissibility of such publications.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Gabon, Noel Nelson Masson (Noel Nelson Massone) stressed that "the international community with surprise and indignation accepted false information circulated by private and public media of France, also commented on a few officials."
The Prime Minister of Gabon, Jean Eyege Ndong (Jean Eyeghe Ndong) also confirmed that the head of the state "alive and kicking."
In early May 2009 73-year-old Bongo, temporarily relinquished his presidential powers as a sign of mourning for his deceased wife and to relax. Since early June, he was in a Barcelona clinic, where one of the data was planned medobsledovanie, but on the other - treatment of cancer.
Bongo is the president more than 40 years. It was headed by Gabon in 1967 and is a record for a continuous period of government of African leaders.

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