Bongo is the son of Omar Bongo, who was President of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009.

The total area is 603.36 km².

During his father's presidency, Ali Bongo Ondimba was minister of foreign affairs (1989 to 1991) and minister of defense (1999 to 2009).

I will not dance to your drummed up war.

This is not the first time that elections have been highly contested in Gabon.

His Excellency El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic

He was a philosopher he was a drum player he was a teacher par excellence.

What I Will I will not dance to your war drum.

The drums of war are being banged ever more loudly in the Middle East.

So once again, load and clear, we are saying NO to this war.

William Adams reached Bungo, now Usuki City, in April 1600.

Your war drum ain't louder than this breath. Haaa.

The Co Chairperson of the High level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, made a statement.

I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic and Co Chairperson of the High level Plenary Meeting.

With Israel refusing to accept a nuclear armed Iran, and its patience wearing thin, the drums of actual war will beat harder.

The Ugandan delegation would like once more to emphasize that what the region needs now is sobriety and not sabre rattling.

A sensible way forward would begin with everyone staying calm about China s external provocations and internal nationalist drumbeating.

LOS ANGELES Nuclear facilities as military targets? The drumbeat appears to be growing louder.

It is impossible not to hear in such nonsense the cocksure drumbeat of the Money Power, which has never failed to identify the public interest with its own.

BERLIN The world s task in addressing North Korea s saber rattling is made no easier by the fact that it confronts an impoverished and effectively defeated country.

Mr. Karamanlis (Greece) I wish to thank both Co Chairpersons of the High level Plenary Meeting, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon, and Mr. Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, for presiding over this meeting.

With US unemployment and Chinese growth both at almost 10 , the only mystery is that the drums of trade war are not louder than they are.

BERKELEY After a period of high tension between the United States and China, culminating earlier this month in rumblings of an all out trade war, it is now evident that a change in Chinese exchange rate policy is coming.

BERLIN The world s task in addressing North Korea s saber rattling is made no easier by the fact that it confronts an impoverished and effectively defeated country. On the contrary, it is in such circumstances that calm foresight is most necessary.