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Operation Scorpion comes under fresh fire over disappearing vehicles

The disappearance of items seized as part of the Operation Scorpion anti-corruption investigation is continuing to make waves within the Gabonese security forces and gendarmerie. Several vehicles confiscated from Ali Bongo's chief of staff Brice Laccruche Alihanga have now gone missing.

Subscribers only Politics 01.06.2021

One minister after another visits Moscow

This week, it is the turn of trade minister Hugues Mbadinga Madiya and his investment promotion colleague Carmen Ndaot, who are visiting St Petersburg and Moscow.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.06.2021

Webcor joins KCI and Sericom in seeing its claims against Gabon rebuffed

Holders of unpaid Gabonese debts, who have spent the past 10 years cleaning up in arbitration tribunals, continue to press their demands in French courts. But claims of malfeasance and lack of corroborating evidence have scuppered some such efforts. A Maltese firm is the latest to face such a setback.

Subscribers only Business 31.05.2021

Maurel & Prom and Libreville gear up for arbitration

The state-owned Indonesian company Pertamina which owns Maurel & Prom has refused to compromise on the compensation it is demanding from Gabon Oil Co and instead the two companies have agreed on the make-up of a Paris arbitration panel.

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2021

French Riviera hideaway for president's half-brother Christian Bongo in jeopardy

The Schengen visa of Christian Bongo, half brother to the Gabonese president Ali Bongo, expired at the end of April.

Subscribers only Politics 26.05.2021

In Focus
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

Gabonese President Ali Bongo getting off his plane during a visit to Beijing, 2018.© Jin Liwang/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 24.05.2021

Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

ECCAS President Denis Sassou Nguesso is timidly trying to play a part in managing Chad's transition. But the international community would clearly prefer the African Union to oversee the next stage.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.05.2021

Congolese head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso in Paris in May 2021.

Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

The English Premier League, Spain's La Liga, and subscription channels beIN Sports and Canal+ all have a bone to pick with Lebanese firm Satcon. Run by the al-Akhras family, the company sells decoders across west and central Africa so viewers can tune into European sports championships.

Subscribers only Business 21.05.2021

CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Denis Sassou NGuesso, much to the irritation of his fellow Central African heads of state, was the only one among them who managed to get himself invited to the Paris summit on the financing of African economies.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

Michael Moussa in Moscow

The Gabonese defence minister Michael Moussa Adamo travelled to Russia last week for a series of meetings with various military and industry figures.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

Vaalco brings in new blood as it prepares for fresh talks with the government on Etame Marin

The Texan junior has overhauled its senior management team in an attempt to improve its relations with the oil ministry.

Subscribers only Energy 18.05.2021

After Abidjan, Mikati family's ACC prospects in Brazzaville and Douala

Arabian Construction Co (ACC), having lost its position as the leading construction contractor in the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, has been redeploying in Africa since last year and recently sent a delegation to Cameroon and later to Brazzaville.

Subscribers only Politics 05.05.2021

Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua"

On 18 April, Fidele Andjoua, the brother of Gabon's former president Omar Bongo and Ndjobi grand master, died and was buried shortly after in Franceville. His son, a presidential advisor, has replaced him at the head of this traditional ritual widely practised in Haut-Ogooué, the Bongo family stronghold.

Subscribers only Politics 04.05.2021

Brice Laccruche to be charged with birth certificate forgery

The trial of Brice Laccruche Alihanga is due to resume today. Ali Bongo's former chief of staff has been detained for more than a year during his prosecution for embezzlement. Now forgery has been added to his charge sheet.

Subscribers only Politics 29.04.2021

Ali Bongo's former chief of staff Brice Laccruche Alihanga.

Total and Perenco reach agreement on Cap Lopez oil terminal transfer

Total Gabon has reached agreement with its personnel at the Cap Lopez oil terminal on the terms of their departure from the company and transfer to Perenco.

Subscribers only Energy 23.04.2021

Board room changes at Assala Energy

French director Philippe Boisseau has edged away from Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP), the oil investment arm of American financial services group Carlyle.

Subscribers only Energy 20.04.2021

Gabonese sovereign fund repurposes footballers and club managers

To launch its luxury tourism projects, Ali Bongo's government has turned to the former vice president of FC Barcelona Jaume Ferrer Graupera, who has roped several of the Catalan football club's star strikers into his Gabonese adventure.

Subscribers only Business 14.04.2021

Bongo's gas policy task force springs to life

The group assigned to come up with ways to leverage Gabon's gas resources met for the first time in Libreville in late March. Here are the private firms who attended the meeting.

Subscribers only Energy 09.04.2021

Maurel & Prom loses first round of Ezanga field court battle with Gabon Oil Co

Some $43m is at stake in the multi-front war between M&P and Gabon's state-owned oil company. Libreville may have won round one, but its opponent is not giving up the fight yet.

Subscribers only Energy 07.04.2021

Total, Perenco and Tullow left hanging as oil minister sits on transfer deals

Vincent de Paul Massassa seems to be paralysed by lethargy. The government has approved virtually no inter-company transfer deals.

Subscribers only Energy 06.04.2021

The discreet new Côte d'Azur life of Ali Bongo's half-brother

Based in Nice since November 2020, the Gabonese president's half-brother Christian Bongo still sits on the board of BGFI Congo and presides over SAREP, and he is now planning a comeback in one of his favourite sectors: private aviation.

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2021

Inner Circle
Noureddin Bongo's parallel task force network

President Ali Bongo's coordinator and eldest son Noureddin Bongo has found a way to assert his influence in government: task forces. These ad hoc teams of civil servants and consultants are ostensibly there to assist government departments, but can have a tendency to bypass them.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2021

Domestic debt task force meeting chaired by Nouredin Bongo (far right).

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Gabon

Operation Scorpion comes under fresh fire over disappearing vehicles

One minister after another visits Moscow

Webcor joins KCI and Sericom in seeing its claims against Gabon rebuffed

Maurel & Prom and Libreville gear up for arbitration

French Riviera hideaway for president's half-brother Christian Bongo in jeopardy

In Focus
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Michael Moussa in Moscow

Vaalco brings in new blood as it prepares for fresh talks with the government on Etame Marin

After Abidjan, Mikati family's ACC prospects in Brazzaville and Douala

Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua"

Brice Laccruche to be charged with birth certificate forgery

Total and Perenco reach agreement on Cap Lopez oil terminal transfer

Board room changes at Assala Energy

Gabonese sovereign fund repurposes footballers and club managers

Bongo's gas policy task force springs to life

Maurel & Prom loses first round of Ezanga field court battle with Gabon Oil Co

Total, Perenco and Tullow left hanging as oil minister sits on transfer deals

The discreet new Côte d'Azur life of Ali Bongo's half-brother

Inner Circle
Noureddin Bongo's parallel task force network

Clan rifts widen as Bongos pushed out of state jobs

Cameroonian oligarch Amougou Belinga strives to resurrect Télésud

Cybersecurity giants flock to BEAC with biometric solutions

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Operation Scorpion comes under fresh fire over disappearing vehicles

One minister after another visits Moscow

Webcor joins KCI and Sericom in seeing its claims against Gabon rebuffed

Maurel & Prom and Libreville gear up for arbitration

French Riviera hideaway for president's half-brother Christian Bongo in jeopardy

In Focus Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Michael Moussa in Moscow

Vaalco brings in new blood as it prepares for fresh talks with the government on Etame Marin

After Abidjan, Mikati family's ACC prospects in Brazzaville and Douala

Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua"

Brice Laccruche to be charged with birth certificate forgery

Total and Perenco reach agreement on Cap Lopez oil terminal transfer

Board room changes at Assala Energy

Gabonese sovereign fund repurposes footballers and club managers

Bongo's gas policy task force springs to life

Maurel & Prom loses first round of Ezanga field court battle with Gabon Oil Co

Total, Perenco and Tullow left hanging as oil minister sits on transfer deals

The discreet new Côte d'Azur life of Ali Bongo's half-brother

Inner Circle Noureddin Bongo's parallel task force network

Clan rifts widen as Bongos pushed out of state jobs

Cameroonian oligarch Amougou Belinga strives to resurrect Télésud

Cybersecurity giants flock to BEAC with biometric solutions

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In Focus
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

Inner Circle
Noureddin Bongo's parallel task force network