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Breaking news 21/11/2019

Santullo case Parisian arbitrators give their verdict

Officially, both sides have won! This morning, the government-controlled Gabonese newspaper L'Union was quick to qualify the arbitral ruling of [...]

Corridors of power 20/11/2019

Maixent Accrombessi makes his Masonic influence felt

Tangible in Libreville since the fall of his successor Brice Laccruche, the influence of Ali Bongo's former chief of staff Maixent Accrombessi is especially keenly felt in Freemason circles. [...]

Corridors of power Defence & Security 20/11/2019

Europeans debate special forces deployment in Sahel behind closed doors

A meeting devoted to Operation Takuba, which will involve the deployment of several hundred members of European special forces, was [...]

Corridors of power 20/11/2019

Ill-gotten gains affair enters final straight

Credit where credit's due: Judge Dominique Blanc, who has taken [...]

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Business circles Infrastructure & Power 20/11/2019

Sinohydro back on Meridiam's payroll

The infrastructure firm Meridiam has selected Sinohydro to build the Kinguélé dam, for which it has the concession. The Chinese firm has longstanding ties with the presidential family. [...]

Business circles 20/11/2019

Averda counter-attacks

Having lost its rubbish collection contract in Libreville in September [...]

Business circles 20/11/2019

Securiport sets up shop in Bangui

Ousted from Cotonou-Cadjèhoun airport (WAN 804), the US passenger screening [...]

Power brokers 20/11/2019

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema resurrects Operation Mamba

Only just appointed as the new head of the special services, the intelligence arm of the Republican Guard (WAN 810), [...]

Exploration-production 19/11/2019

Carlyle plays havoc on Assala Energy's nerves

If the trend is to expand, Carlyle's financial logic could cause a sudden stop to the small group's activities in Gabon. [...]

Exploration-production 19/11/2019

DGH/GOC/Presidency: Ali Bongo's new oil and gas head honchos Free

The appointment of the 65-year-old Jean-Félix Obamba as the new head of Gabon's oil and gas department, the DGH, makes [...]

Exploration-production 19/11/2019

Dussafu: a made-in-Vaalco team driving BW Energy's successes

Norwegian firm BW Energy (BWE), the BW Offshore subsidiary that [...]

Breaking news 08/11/2019

Office of the president keeps it close to the family

On the night of November 7, the president's office had to have a second go at publishing the full list [...]

Breaking news 07/11/2019

How the Bongo family ushered Brice Laccruche out the back door

Tensions? What tensions? Just 48 hours after the West Africa Newsletter reported on the electric atmosphere that had been reigning [...]

Diplomatic Affairs 06/11/2019

Deputy head of MINUSCA Kenneth Gluck to step down

The deputy special representative of the United Nations secretary-general for [...]

Corridors of power 06/11/2019

President Ali Bongo's private office on verge of implosion

Already palpable, the tensions between the chief of staff Brice Laccruche Alihanga and the presidential family have become unbearable and could blow up at any moment. [...]

Corridors of power 06/11/2019

Prize Parisian property saved from clutches of creditors?

As Gabon seeks to protect its Pozzo di Borgo townhouse in Paris from eager creditors, an Emirati investment firm has offered €450 million for the property. [...]

Corridors of power 23/10/2019

The oil revenues deal that will pay the civil servants Free

To overcome the lack of ready cash in the state coffers, the Gabonese government has come up with an original [...]

Power brokers 23/10/2019

The forced exile of Frédéric Bongo

On Monday 21 October, Frédéric Bongo handed over to Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who on 16 October was appointed as [...]

Exploration-production 22/10/2019

Dussafu: what is behind BW and Panoro's move that could save Bongo's record

After discovering 45 million barrels of recoverable oil on the [...]

Infrastructure & Power 14/10/2019

To electrify the continent, USAID turns again to CrossBoundary

The investment advisory firm is setting up shop in Dakar to help the US development agency put together finance for electricity projects in West and Central Africa. [...]

Corridors of power 09/10/2019

Serge Okana's precious wood no barrier to career

Suspended from his functions as secretary-general at the ministry for water and forests in April following the seizure of 392 [...]

Business circles 09/10/2019

Télésud bankruptcy a double blow for Pascaline

Two days after losing her title as representative of the president, Pascaline Bongo has seen the pan-African television company that she has been sponsoring for ten years cease trading. [...]

Business circles 09/10/2019

After the Sahel, Turkish Airlines deploys in the south

Turkish Airlines is planning to increase the number of flights [...]

Exploration-production 01/10/2019

Miners-BEAC faceoff on banking reform for early October

Representatives of mining and oil & gas operations in Gabon, [...]

Corridors of power 25/09/2019

Dominique Blanc keeps ill-gotten gains inquiry alive

Officially, the investigation into the Bongo family's property assets in France (the so-called ‘ill-gotten gains' inquiry) was closed by Judge [...]

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ALL ARTICLES - GABON

Santullo case Parisian arbitrators give their verdict

Maixent Accrombessi makes his Masonic influence felt

Europeans debate special forces deployment in Sahel behind closed doors

Ill-gotten gains affair enters final straight

Sinohydro back on Meridiam's payroll

Averda counter-attacks

Securiport sets up shop in Bangui

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema resurrects Operation Mamba

Carlyle plays havoc on Assala Energy's nerves

DGH/GOC/Presidency: Ali Bongo's new oil and gas head honchos Free

Dussafu: a made-in-Vaalco team driving BW Energy's successes

Office of the president keeps it close to the family

How the Bongo family ushered Brice Laccruche out the back door

Deputy head of MINUSCA Kenneth Gluck to step down

President Ali Bongo's private office on verge of implosion

Prize Parisian property saved from clutches of creditors?

The oil revenues deal that will pay the civil servants Free

The forced exile of Frédéric Bongo

Dussafu: what is behind BW and Panoro's move that could save Bongo's record

To electrify the continent, USAID turns again to CrossBoundary

Serge Okana's precious wood no barrier to career

Télésud bankruptcy a double blow for Pascaline

After the Sahel, Turkish Airlines deploys in the south

Miners-BEAC faceoff on banking reform for early October

Dominique Blanc keeps ill-gotten gains inquiry alive

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