Gabon's President Bongo Had a Stroke, AFP Says, Citing Moussavou

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Gabon’s President Ali Bongo, who has been out of the country since falling ill in October, suffered a stroke, the AFP news service reported, citing Vice President Pierre Maganga Moussavou.

In the first official details of the president’s illness, Moussavou said the 59-year-old leader left the hospital in Morocco earlier this month and is recovering at a private residence in the capital Rabat, AFP reported.