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March 8, 2019
The Gabonese presidency has dismissed rumours thatthe ailing president, Ali Bongo, has been replaced by a clone.
Bongo, who is currently recovering in Morocco, hasonly returned to Gabon twice since he became ill in 2018 whiles on an officialtrip. On both ‘visits,’ he stayed briefly and flew back to Rabat.
Reports had been festering that the president hadrecruited a look alike to replace him for months while he received medical attentionfor a stroke in 2018.
presidential spokesman Ike Ngouoni, said thePresident of the Republic went around the city and  a number of people saw him.
The presidency initially said he had beenhospitalized in Riyadh for fatigue. The vice-president admitted at a rally thatthe president had suffered a stroke weeks later.
Since October last year, a section of Gabonese haveexpressed mixed concerns as to the health situation of their president as ithas become increasingly difficult to differentiate rumours and the reality.