Gabon; Freemasons chose new leader to replace Ali Bongo
The Grande Loge du Gabon, the powerful Masonic lodge headed until recently by the now deposed president Ali Bongo, has found a new Grand Master in the person of Jacques Denis Tsanga.
When he was President,the Gabonese president was reinstalled as Grand Master during an assembly with many African, European and North American Masonic delegations present.
On 11 and 12 November, in Libreville, the general assembly of the Grand Lodge of Gabon was marked by the constant presence of Ali Bongo Ondimba (ABO).
In his capacity as Grand Master, the Gabonese president received, on the evening of Friday 11, the heads of numerous foreign delegations, including Andrei Bogdanov, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia.
The following day, during the ritual, which took place at the temple between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., ABO was reinstalled as Grand Master, for a five-year term, by Jean-Pierre Rollet, Grand Master of the French National Grand Lodge (GNLF