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Corridors of power 14/11/2018

For how long can Bongo leave his chair vacant?

While acknowledging the president's ill health, Libreville is being evasive about his convalescence. The West Africa Newsletter has the exclusive inside track. [...]

Corridors of power 14/11/2018

Macron takes an interest in Ali Bongo's health

The French president Emmanuel Macron is closely monitoring Ali Bongo's [...]

Power brokers 14/11/2018

Ismael Oceni Ossa prays for Ali Bongo

Ismael Oceni Ossa, the president of the Conseil superieur des affaires islamiques du Gabon (CSAIG) whose rais (religious leader) is [...]

Oil 13/11/2018

Majors' battle for VAT credit

Oil & gas firms unhappy at not seeing any VAT refunds have amped up their tone against the Gabonese Treasury. [...]

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Oil 13/11/2018

Oil code: Ambouroue kneels down to majors

After presenting the new draft of its hydrocarbons code at the Africa Oil held in Cape Town on November 7, [...]

Electricity 13/11/2018

Eranove group spreads roots in Libreville

With two new contracts under its belt, the pan-African firm Eranove has made itself a comfortable nest in Libreville. The [...]

Electricity 13/11/2018

Meridiam-FGIS union already bearing fruit

Four months after teaming up to create the joint venture [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power 31/10/2018

How the state will make do without its leader

After fainting and being hospitalised on 24 October during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the Gabonese president Ali Bongo is likely to withdraw from state affairs for a number of weeks. Mechanisms to ensure the continuity of government business have [...]

Business circles 31/10/2018

Taxman adds to Bollore's woes in Owendo

The subsidiary of the French conglomerate Vivendi is at loggerheads with the tax authorities. [...]

Business circles 31/10/2018

How Libreville drove Veolia's directors up the wall

Expelled from Gabon in February (WAN 777; WAN 785), Veolia [...]

Business circles 31/10/2018

French expertise deployed in Chad

A delegation from the French agency for technical cooperation, Expertise [...]

Business circles Document 31/10/2018

Enka wins its case against Gabonese government

On 25 October, the US court of the District of [...]

Power brokers 31/10/2018

Lucie Milebou-Aubusson, the putative president

The name of 61-year-old Lucie Milebou-Aubusson, who has been the president of the Senate since 2015 and is the country's [...]

Oil 30/10/2018

VAT refunds, the voucher of the oil industry

For the better part of a decade, oil & gas companies and services firms have not been able to recover VAT from their purchases. The state now owes exorbitant amounts in VAT credit and is trying to negotiate by other means. [...]

Oil 30/10/2018

Vladimir Putin boosts business for Rosneft Free

Russian oil & gas giant Rosneft, headed by Igor Sechin, former vice prime minister and Vladimir Putin's right-hand-man, has enjoyed [...]

Oil 30/10/2018

Storm brewing for Jean-Felix Obamba at Stream Oil

Matters have been somewhat topsy-turvy within Gabonese junior Stream Oil's senior management since the beginning of the year. Company chairman [...]

Oil 30/10/2018

With code near completion Ambouroue waves to majors

Gabon wants to rekindle its relations with majors with the [...]

Breaking news 25/10/2018

Who is tipped to become National Assembly president?

Having won 80 seats out of a total 143 in the first round of voting in the parliamentary elections on [...]

Spotlight Business circles 17/10/2018

Vladimir Putin has been lobbying for Russian businesses during Ali Bongo's visit in Moscow in July.

Moscow's mission creep

Although the security and extractive sectors were its first port of call in francophone Africa, in particular in late 2017, post-Soviet Russia is intending in the very near future to diversify its activities by branching out into other sectors. Energy, [...]

Corridors of power 17/10/2018

Ali Bongo's new green image

Struggling on the economic level, the president is counting on his environmental policies to shore up his position. [...]

Business circles 17/10/2018

Ethiopian Airlines swoops on local airlines

The first flight of Tchadia Airlines signals the growing influence of the Ethiopian airline in the sub-region. [...]

Business circles 17/10/2018

ANGTI falls on hard times

Like many other Gabonese public bodies, the Agence nationale des [...]

Oil 16/10/2018

Bongo floors Vaalco with Etame renewal

As we announced, the recent 10-year renewal of Etame Marin (AEI 825) has come at a high price tag for [...]

Business circles 16/10/2018

Libreville sets hefty bail for former oil minister Etienne Ngoubou

According to our information, Etienne Dieudonne Ngoubou, minister of oil [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power 03/10/2018

The young guard invades the corridors of power

As their long-standing allies enter their dotage, African heads of state are turning to a new generation of highly qualified pretenders who are colonising the presidential palaces and forging their own networks. An exposé of the inner circles of tomorrow. The [...]

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For how long can Bongo leave his chair vacant?

Macron takes an interest in Ali Bongo's health

Ismael Oceni Ossa prays for Ali Bongo

Majors' battle for VAT credit

Refine your search

Oil code: Ambouroue kneels down to majors

Eranove group spreads roots in Libreville

Meridiam-FGIS union already bearing fruit

How the state will make do without its leader

Taxman adds to Bollore's woes in Owendo

How Libreville drove Veolia's directors up the wall

French expertise deployed in Chad

Enka wins its case against Gabonese government

Lucie Milebou-Aubusson, the putative president

VAT refunds, the voucher of the oil industry

Vladimir Putin boosts business for Rosneft Free

Storm brewing for Jean-Felix Obamba at Stream Oil

With code near completion Ambouroue waves to majors

Who is tipped to become National Assembly president?

Moscow's mission creep

Ali Bongo's new green image

Ethiopian Airlines swoops on local airlines

ANGTI falls on hard times

Bongo floors Vaalco with Etame renewal

Libreville sets hefty bail for former oil minister Etienne Ngoubou

The young guard invades the corridors of power

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