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Gabon's government has denied French media reports that President Omar Bongo is dead.

Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong said 73-year-old Mr Bongo, who reportedly has cancer, was "alive and well".

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The government in Spain - where Africa's longest-serving leader was being treated in a clinic - has also insisted he is alive.

Mr Bongo has led Gabon since 1967, but stopped work in May. He faces a French inquiry into corruption allegations.

The BBC's Linel Kwatsi in the capital Libreville says the city appears calm and as normal - however some people have been stockpiling food in case shops close if the president's death is confirmed.

The government of the oil-rich nation has asked people not to panic.

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The death of the Gabonese veteran leader was reported by AFP, which quoted a French government source, and also by the website o Ali Bongo Ondimba - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ... WANE