Gabon
Post-coup, oil companies are being called to account

Gabon
General Oligui to scrutinise debts of Ali Bongo era

With the assistance of military intelligence and the BGFI bank, a new task force is to conduct an inventory of the state's debts as well as looking into transactions conducted by advisers to Noureddin Bongo.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Félix Tshisekedi, Vincent de Paul Massassa

Congo
Influential Julienne Johnson becomes an official adviser to her father

Ivory Coast
Ouattara's former special adviser Serey-Eiffel back in Abidjan

DRC
Tshisekedi's favourite luxury hotels in the Big Apple

Gabon
Vincent de Paul Massassa makes a final, quick trip to oil ministry

Gabon
Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Since the coup on 30 August, oil operators in the country have continued regardless. They are working to build relations with the new power, whose choices of oil and gas officials have been reassuringly well-known figures.

Gabon
General Oligui Nguema's government looks to balance old and new

The government installed by General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema brings in new faces from the Gabonese expatriate community, as well as former heavyweights from the Omar Bongo era. The aim is to consolidate the authority of the country's new strong man.

Gabon
Gabon coup: oil minister Massassa questioned by intelligence services

Ali Bongo's final oil minister, Vincent de Paul Massassa, is being investigated by the Gabonese intelligence services. It's a situation that is worrying some oil operators in the country.

Gabon
Perenco hurries to sell Atora before Carlyle seals sale of its share

Franco-British oil junior Perenco wants to quickly sell its share in Atora field in Gabon for $50m, indicating it does not wish to work with the future owner of Assala Energy's majority share, which Carlyle is in the process of selling.

Gabon
Minister Massassa rattles tax stability for newcomers to Gabon oil

Oil companies wanting to invest in Gabon risk being put off by the government's new tax provisions that have gone under the radar.