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Gabon president drops out of FT Africa Summit after Morning Wire story News Last week The Capitalist reported on the controversial opening speaker at the FT’s upcoming Africa Summit: the Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema, who stands accused of kidnapping and torturing the family of his predecessor. The FT press office brushed off our suggestion that hosting Nguema on 22 October might not align with the newspaper’s brand [...]