Gabon names opposition leader, ruling party stalwarts in reshuffle

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. Jean de Dieu Moukagni Iwangou, a leader of the opposition Union of the Gabonese People (UPG), entered the cabinet as minister of st