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Spotlight | Gabon
Businessman Khalil Rihan builds new mining empire

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Lebanese businessman Khalil Rihan with Gabon's Head of State, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, in Libreville.
Lebanese businessman Khalil Rihan with Gabon's Head of State, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, in Libreville. © Document/Africa Intelligence
Lebanese businessman Khalil Rihan with Gabon's Head of State, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, in Libreville.
Lebanese businessman Khalil Rihan with Gabon's Head of State, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, in Libreville. © Document/Africa Intelligence

The Lebanese businessman has built up a considerable portfolio of mining licenses. With his French son-in-law, Karl Rolly, this informal adviser to President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema directly or indirectly holds the country's largest number of gold exploration and mining licenses.

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