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Gabon-France: Wikileaks reveals The Financing of French Political Parties by Omar Bongo

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, France, Gabon, Economics & Business, Governance, International Relations, Law, Politics

On December 30, 2010 Antoine Ganne [1] writes in an article [2] on  afrik.com citing Wikileaks : ” nearly 30 millions euros were diverted from the Bank of the Central African States (BEAC) by former Gabonese president Omar Bongo, some of which were sent to French political parties, specifically Jacques Chirac's but Nicolas Sarkozy's as well.”