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Gabon

Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs

Gabon is about to rotate troops within the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, but its soldiers there are still grappling with equipment problems.

Free access Defence, Business 04.11.2020

Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Following major structural changes, Gabon Oil Co remains determined to move forward with its plan to provide Gabon with local gas.

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2020

Veteran Pierre Duro has key role in new domestic debt audit

The task force assigned by the president's office in June to conduct a full audit of the country's internal debt has a seasoned player in French-Gabonese relations on board: legal expert Pierre Duro.

Subscribers only Business 03.11.2020

Sylvia and Pascaline Bongo make up again in latest episode of palace soap opera

They fall out, make up and then fall out again... Now, the Gabonese president's sister and the first lady have patched up up their differences once again. But their reconciliation is having repercussions in the president's family and even on the functioning of the president's office.

Subscribers only Politics 28.10.2020

Internal debt: Ernst & Young pits its calculations against those of PwC

Among the members of the task force which has been auditing Gabon's domestic debt since June are consultants from Ernst & Young (EY). The last assessment of the Gabonese state's domestic debt was carried out, however, by EY's competitor PwC

Subscribers only Business 21.10.2020

How Assala, Total and Perenco increase profits thanks to Covid-19 and at Gabon's expense

In Gabon, oil companies have increased profits during the current public health crisis and negotiated very profitable fiscal benefits with Bongo's government.

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2020

Etame Marin/Sasol: Kariya Energy hopes to knock out Vaalco from Nigerian tender

The recently created Houston firm Kariya Energy has set its sights on Gabon and Nigeria. It just hired a consulting firm with very strong connections in Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2020

Assala Energy puts its Gabonese business under new management

Carlyle Group company Assala Energy has carried out a major reorganisation of its management team in Port-Gentil.

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.2020

Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

Presidential affairs coordinator Noureddin Bongo, who is also the president's son, has for the last fortnight been campaigning over Gabon's domestic debt, deemed overvalued. He has also been placing his associates at the head of the country's main financial institutions.

Subscribers only Business 14.10.2020

Presidential affairs coordinator Noureddin Bongo.

From Cotonou lounge bars to Roissy's VIP lounges: Maixent Accrombessi's second life

As his associates step up their investments in Cotonou, Ali Bongo's former chief of staff is jetting across Europe.

Subscribers only Business 12.10.2020

Ali Bongo's former chief of staff Maixent Accrombessi.

Etame Marin permit set to become next victim of big Sasol sell-off

South African petrochemicals giant Sasol is preparing to sell off a second asset in Gabon as it seeks to raise urgently needed fresh funds.

Subscribers only Energy 07.10.2020

After Ngambia's release, could Laccruche be next?

The ex-public works minister Magloire Ngambia, a symbol of the "Mamba" anti-corruption drive, was released on 24 September. Now another high-profile probe into the affairs of former presidential chief of staff Brice Laccruche Alihanga, is also experiencing setbacks that have been kept carefully secret until now.

Subscribers only Politics 07.10.2020

The former chief of staff to the president's office Brice Laccruche Alihanga.

CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

The six members of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) are planning a round table in November to raise funds for the construction of roads and electricity plants.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 07.10.2020

Despite Ngambia's release in Libreville, Santullo probe continues in Switzerland

Magloire Ngambia was released from his three-year prison sentence for embezzlement of public funds on 24 September but still stands accused of passive corruption that helped out the late Italian entrepreneur Guido Santullo. The Swiss federal public prosecutor has frozen 65m Swiss francs on the deceased public works magnate's accounts.

Subscribers only Business 06.10.2020

Former Gabonese Minister of the Economy Magloire Ngambia.

Lawsuits snag departing Weatherford, GSS, Baker Hughes and Exterran

Several oil companies that have recently closed or sharply reduced their activity in Gabon are still bogged down in legal conflicts with former employees.

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2020

The secrets of Augusta's SOGARA refinery contract

With a new round of negotiations between Gabon and oil trader Augusta due to begin in the coming weeks, Africa Intelligence reveals the secrets of the contract between the trader and the Gabonese refinery SOGARA, which Libreville abruptly broke off in June.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 25.09.2020

What caught Libreville mayor Léandre Nzué in custody?

After being placed into custody on 11 September, Libreville mayor Léandre Nzué has been questioned about his handling of the town's finances and the way he financed spending on clothing and cars.

Subscribers only Business 15.09.2020

Bolloré's steam-roller crushes Petrogas, Assala's partner

Bolloré's offensive to win a subcontract with Assala Energy has led to the sidelining of the Gabonese subsidiary of Onstream, Assala's historic partner.

Subscribers only Energy 14.09.2020

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

In a press release both vague and ambitious, Kariya Energy announced in early September that it would soon acquire several assets in Africa and that it planned to go into the market for small-scale liquefied natual gas projects.

Subscribers only Energy 14.09.2020

Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

The Gabonese president has embarked on a series of sweeping changes within Gabon's embassies in the EU, with new ambassadors posted to Paris and Belin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.09.2020

How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

The pending confirmation of Melanie Higgins as the new US ambassador to Burundi, a post left vacant for the past 18 months, spells the final phase of a discreet but important bridging of ties between the United States and Burundi.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 04.09.2020

US Special Envoy J. Peter Pham, mender-in-chief of fences between Bujumbura and Washington, with Burundi's late president, Pierre Nkurunziza.

Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

While Olam set up its first fund, Arise Ports & Logistics, in London, from where its partner, AP Moeller Capital, runs its operations, the agribusiness giant has chosen Mauritius's more welcoming fiscal landscape for its second and third funds, Arise Infrastructure and Arise Special Economic Zone.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance, Business 31.08.2020

Son follows father as head of internal intelligence service

New head of internal intelligence Bernard Gnamankala is the son of a general who headed the same service 30 years ago.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2020

Minister Frank Nguema's business partners hotly dispute his handling of TV+

Joseph Atomo, the co-shareholder of TV+ Gabon alongside Sports Minister Frank Nguema, filed a complaint at the end of July against his partner (and cousin) for "breach of trust". He accuses Nguema of billing the channel's advertisers through a personal company.

Subscribers only Politics 25.08.2020

Ten years in the making - a palm oasis palace for the Bongos in Marrakesh

Constructed on land donated by the Moroccan king Mohammed VI, a close friend of Ali Bongo, the palace of the Gabonese presidential family set in the palm grove of Marrakesh has taken ten years to complete and has been worked on by some of the most sought-after service providers in the kingdom.

Subscribers only Politics 17.08.2020

Works on the Bongo family's palace in Marrakesh in 2014, which should be finished in a few months.

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Gabon

Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs

Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Veteran Pierre Duro has key role in new domestic debt audit

Sylvia and Pascaline Bongo make up again in latest episode of palace soap opera

Internal debt: Ernst & Young pits its calculations against those of PwC

How Assala, Total and Perenco increase profits thanks to Covid-19 and at Gabon's expense

Etame Marin/Sasol: Kariya Energy hopes to knock out Vaalco from Nigerian tender

Assala Energy puts its Gabonese business under new management

Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

From Cotonou lounge bars to Roissy's VIP lounges: Maixent Accrombessi's second life

Etame Marin permit set to become next victim of big Sasol sell-off

After Ngambia's release, could Laccruche be next?

CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

Despite Ngambia's release in Libreville, Santullo probe continues in Switzerland

Lawsuits snag departing Weatherford, GSS, Baker Hughes and Exterran

The secrets of Augusta's SOGARA refinery contract

What caught Libreville mayor Léandre Nzué in custody?

Bolloré's steam-roller crushes Petrogas, Assala's partner

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

Son follows father as head of internal intelligence service

Minister Frank Nguema's business partners hotly dispute his handling of TV+

Ten years in the making - a palm oasis palace for the Bongos in Marrakesh

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Gabon Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

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Paul Biya

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Gabon

Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs

Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Veteran Pierre Duro has key role in new domestic debt audit

Sylvia and Pascaline Bongo make up again in latest episode of palace soap opera

Internal debt: Ernst & Young pits its calculations against those of PwC

How Assala, Total and Perenco increase profits thanks to Covid-19 and at Gabon's expense

Etame Marin/Sasol: Kariya Energy hopes to knock out Vaalco from Nigerian tender

Assala Energy puts its Gabonese business under new management

Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

From Cotonou lounge bars to Roissy's VIP lounges: Maixent Accrombessi's second life

Etame Marin permit set to become next victim of big Sasol sell-off

After Ngambia's release, could Laccruche be next?

CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

Despite Ngambia's release in Libreville, Santullo probe continues in Switzerland

Lawsuits snag departing Weatherford, GSS, Baker Hughes and Exterran

The secrets of Augusta's SOGARA refinery contract

What caught Libreville mayor Léandre Nzué in custody?

Bolloré's steam-roller crushes Petrogas, Assala's partner

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

Son follows father as head of internal intelligence service

Minister Frank Nguema's business partners hotly dispute his handling of TV+

Ten years in the making - a palm oasis palace for the Bongos in Marrakesh

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout