'Obama's Man in Africa' Under House Arrest in Gabon

The ouster of the hopelessly corrupt Ali Bongo represents a particularly sharp rebuke of Obama, who groomed the Gabonese autocrat as one of his closest allies on the continent, writes Max Blumenthal.





By Max Blumenthal
The Grayzone
When a military junta arrested President Ali Bongo Ondi

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