Kim Jung Un of Africa? If Bongo 'fabricates another victory, he'll set up for his son to take over'

Gabon President Ali Bongo will run for re-election in August, he said on Sunday, in a bid to extend his family's 56-year grip on power in the Central

African country. Bongo, 64, has been president of the oil-producing nation for two seven-year terms since succeeding his father Omar, who died in 2009 after ruling since 1967. Gabon has no constitutional term limits. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the Bongo family's five-plus decade dynasty, FRANCE 24 is joined by Dr. Douglas Yates, Professor of Political Science and African Politics at American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy and Lecturer at the University of Cergy-Pontoise.