Brussels, 10/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - It was with sadness that the European Commission learned of the death of the president of Gabon and elder statesman among African heads of state Omar Bongo Odimba. In a statement published on Tuesday 9 June, the day after official confirmation by the Gabonese authorities of his passing, the Commission sent “its condolences to the family of the deceased, and to his friends, the members of the government and bodies corporate, and to all the Gabonese...