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Diplomatic Affairs Defence & Security 22/01/2020

Paris manoeuvres to persuade Trump to limit his disengagement

For the last month, Washington has been playing a game of bluff with its allies in the Sahel by dangling the threat of withdrawal as it did a year ago. [...]

Business circles 22/01/2020

Scorpion inquiry looks into government arrears

The Scorpion anti-corruption drive is now focusing on the sensitive subject of how well-connected companies succeeded in obtaining payment of arrears owed to them by the government. [...]

Business circles Banking & Finance 22/01/2020

Nourredine Bongo strengthens ties with AFC

The pan-African bank Africa Finance Corp (AFC), a dependable financier [...]

Corridors of power 08/01/2020

Laccruche reaches for his get out of jail free card

In detention since 13 December in a 9m2 cell with two former ministers, Brice Laccruche is hoping to take advantage of his intimate knowledge of the Bongo family's business interests to counter-attack. [...]

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Corridors of power 08/01/2020

Noureddin Bongo takes out Téké insurance cover

The brand-new coordinator general at the president's office Noureddin Bongo, [...]

Courts and cash 07/01/2020

Tullow oil gambles everything with Dussafu

The head of Tullow Oil's Gabonese branch Jean-Medard Madama is ready to bet everything to save a few million dollars [...]

Financing and advisory 24/12/2019

Calls for BEAC to lighten its mine rehabilitation rules

Miners are urging the Central African bank to change its tendency to block funds for site rehabilitation work in the region. [...]

Diplomatic Affairs Defence & Security 18/12/2019

Paris plans to downsize Operation Barkhane

Following the death of 13 French soldiers in Mali on 25 November, Paris is bringing forward plans, under consideration since September, to downsize its operations. [...]

Corridors of power 18/12/2019

How 'Operation Scorpion' was born

The initial seed of the 'Scorpion' anti-corruption drive, which culminated on 13 December with the arrest of the president's ex-chief of staff Brice Laccruche, was a dossier compiled by long-term fixtures in Ali Bongo's regime. [...]

Corridors of power 18/12/2019

Little Wing's PR contract with the palace

Since early November, the relatively new Parisian public relations firm [...]

Power brokers 18/12/2019

Noureddin Bongo gifted his first political role

Barely had he been appointed as general coordinator of presidential affairs on 5 December than Noureddin Bongo, the eldest son [...]

Exploration-production 17/12/2019

Kowe: who are the made-in-shell African experts now with Dutch junior One-Dyas?

The recent tax agreement Libreville granted British-French firm Perenco for [...]

Financing and advisory Banking & Finance 10/12/2019

AFC injects $150 million into Nouvelle Gabon Mining's manganese

The pan-African bank is helping manganese producer Nouvelle Gabon Mining after financing the infrastructure it uses to export its production. [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power Document 04/12/2019

Gloves come off in secretive crackdown on Brice Laccruche Alihanga

In the absence of the president Ali Bongo, who returned to Libreville on 27 November after a stay in London, the Gabonese courts swiftly launched an anti-corruption drive that is targeting as a priority the allies of the president's former [. [...]

Corridors of power 04/12/2019

One reshuffle after another…

It seems that each month now brings with it a [...]

Business circles 04/12/2019

Ecolog plays and wins

The official announcement is unlikely to be made before the [...]

Exploration-production 03/12/2019

Total and Tullow flounder, Shell cautious at Mboumba meetings

When in Cape Town for the Africa Oil Week, the now former minister met with the oil firms to take stock of their activities in Gabon and get a feel for their interest in his licencing round. [...]

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 [...]

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), [...]

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ALL ARTICLES - GABON

Paris manoeuvres to persuade Trump to limit his disengagement

Scorpion inquiry looks into government arrears

Nourredine Bongo strengthens ties with AFC

Laccruche reaches for his get out of jail free card

Noureddin Bongo takes out Téké insurance cover

Tullow oil gambles everything with Dussafu

Calls for BEAC to lighten its mine rehabilitation rules

Paris plans to downsize Operation Barkhane

How 'Operation Scorpion' was born

Little Wing's PR contract with the palace

Noureddin Bongo gifted his first political role

Kowe: who are the made-in-shell African experts now with Dutch junior One-Dyas?

AFC injects $150 million into Nouvelle Gabon Mining's manganese

Gloves come off in secretive crackdown on Brice Laccruche Alihanga

One reshuffle after another…

Ecolog plays and wins

Total and Tullow flounder, Shell cautious at Mboumba meetings

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

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