Gabon’s Leader, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Was More Admired Abroad Than at Home Hailed as a climate visionary, Gabon’s president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was once welcomed to Buckingham Palace but was blindsided by this week’s coup.
Can a Nation Replace Its Oil Wealth With Trees? Gabon knows its oil won’t last forever, so officials are turning to the Central African nation’s rainforest for revenue — while also promising to preserve it.