Gabon's President Ali Bongo delivers a speech during the Franco-African Forum at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, February 6, 2015. REUTERS/Ian Langsdon/Pool
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon reshuffled its cabinet on Friday to bring in a leading critic of President Ali Bongo and an elder statesman from his father's former regime, in what appeared to be a bid to shore up support ahead of elections due next year.
The reshuffle, announced in a presidential decree, expanded the cabinet oil-rich central African country to 41 members from a previous 34.
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