Gabon’s president returns to Morocco for rehabilitation
Posted January 17, 2019 6:06 am.
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LIBREVILLE, Gabon — An official and a relative of Gabon’s ailing President Ali Bongo Ondimba say he has returned to Morocco to continue his recovery after a brief visit home.
The relative said Thursday that Bongo returned to Morocco late Tuesday after swearing in a new government. A Cabinet member confirmed the return. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
The Cabinet member said Bongo’s recovery from a reported stroke has been strong, so he wants to finish the rehabilitation.
Bongo had been out of the country since October. His brief return to Gabon came a week after a Jan. 7 attempted coup by officers with the Republican Guard.
Bongo took power in the oil-rich country after the death of his father in 2009.
Yves Laurent Goma, The Associated Press