Gabon leader’s ex-aide detained in corruption probe

The former chief of staff for Gabon's President Ali Bongo has been arrested along with two other ministers who recently lost their jobs. 

The public prosecutor said Brice Laccruche Alihanga and the former ministers of oil and energy were picked up in connection with a corruption investigation. 

There has been no word so far from the three men. 

More than 20 other officials have been sacked or arrested. 

Nearly $150m (£115m) are reported to have disappeared from the state oil company in the past two years.