In interviews and official announcements she is referred to as his wife, but legally Inge Bongo remains married to him. Her youngest son, whom she adopted with Ali Bongo, is 10 years old, and now goes to public school, while she says she lives off food stamps and the generosity of friends. Ali Bongo converted to Islam years ago, allowing him to have more than one wife. Inge is not Muslim and says she has thought about divorce, even going so far as to obtain a lawyer in California to work out a settlement, but Gabon's new president has not responded. According to her, the last time she received money from him was more than a year ago. "We had a pact that we'd never divorce. To me that didn't involve being broke," she says. "He promised he would take care of us."
Mwakilishi wa wizara ya Afya, maendeleo ya jamii, jinsia, wazee na watoto Bi Helen Semu amesema, serikali itaendelea na uhamasishaji wa jamii kuendelea kutumia vyandarua vyenye viuwatilifu ili asilimia 85 iliyofikiwa kwa sasa izidi kuongezeka na kufikia lengo la kumaliza kabisa tatizo hilo nchini.“Sisi Serikalini tutahakikisha tunaongeza jitihada za kuhamasisha jamii kuendelea kutumia vyandarua vyenye viuwatilifu ili kila mmoja afahamu umuhimu wa kufanya hivyo na kudhibiti maambukizi na vifo vitokanavyo na ugonjwa huu” alisema bi Helen