Gabon: Mayor of Libreville Resigns After Weeks of Crisis Around His Financial Management

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The mayor of Libreville Pierre Matthieu Obame Etoughe finally resigned on Thursday 23 April after a sling led by the local elected representatives of his own party, the Democratic Union of Builders (UDB), founded by the current head of state Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema. Accused of inflating the staff of the town hall and of chaotic management, Pierre Matthieu Obame Etoughe threw a sponge. A new mayor was elected, Eugène Mba, who has already hel…