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Newsline: Gabon’s top diplomat dies of heart attack
Gabon’s Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo died on Friday of a heart attack, President Ali Bongo said in a statement. “He was a very great diplomat, a true statesman. For me, he was first of all a friend, loyal and faithful, whom I could always count on,” said Bongo on Twitter. (https://news.yahoo.com/gabons-foreign-minister-dies-heart-143908780.html) Three government sources said that he was in a council of ministers meeting when he suffered the cardiac attack. He was rushed to the hospital and died shortly after midday despite specialist treatment, said a government statement.
Newsline: US man sentenced for punching ambassador of Gabon
A North Carolina man convicted of punching the ambassador of Gabon at a demonstration at that country’s embassy in Washington has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. Forty-five-year-old Leon Obame of Raleigh was sentenced Wednesday in U.S District Court for the District of Columbia. He was convicted in October of assaulting a foreign official. Prosecutors say the assault occurred on Dec. 9, 2011 at the embassy’s temporary location on Connecticut Avenue N.W. Authorities say Obame punched Ambassador Michael Moussa-Adamo, knocking him to the ground.
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Newsline: US man convicted of punching ambassador of Gabon at embassy during demonstration
Federal prosecutors say a North Carolina man has been convicted of punching the ambassador of Gabon at a demonstration at that country’s embassy in Washington. Forty-five-year-old Leon Obame of Raleigh was convicted of assault on a foreign official. He faces a maximum of three years in prison. Prosecutors say the assault occurred on Dec. 9 at the embassy’s temporary location on Connecticut Avenue N.W. Authorities say Obame punched Ambassador Michael Moussa-Adamo, knocking him to the ground.
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