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| Gabon suspends Cameroon TV station over ‘fake’ Bongo death report |
| 2018-11-01 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A private Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... ian television station has been barred from broadcasting for six months in neighboring Gabon after erroneously reporting the death of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Libreville authorities said. Vision 4, thought to be close to the Cameroonian government, reported on Saturday that the Gabonese president had died. Bongo’s spokesperson Ike Ngouoni said on Sunday that doctors have diagnosed him with "severe fatigue" and ordered bed rest. Ngouoni called for "vigilance" against "fake news" after Vision 4’s report. Gabon’s broadcasting authority HAC, which met on Tuesday, said in a statement that the "incorrect and false" report had "undermined national unity, social cohesion and public order". Bongo took over as leader of the oil-rich equatorial African nation in 2009 on the death of his father Omar Bongo, who had ruled since 1967. Ali Bongo was re-elected in 2016 by just a few thousand votes in a controversial presidential election. |
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