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Gabon

Majors' battle for VAT credit

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

Subscribers only Energy 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, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 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 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2018

Meridiam-FGIS union already bearing fruit

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

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2018

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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 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 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.

Subscribers only Business 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 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.10.2018

How Libreville drove Veolia's directors up the wall

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

Subscribers only Business 31.10.2018

French expertise deployed in Chad

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

Subscribers only Business 31.10.2018

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Enka wins its case against Gabonese government

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

Subscribers only Business 31.10.2018

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.

Subscribers only Energy 30.10.2018

Vladimir Putin boosts business for Rosneft

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

Free access Energy 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 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.10.2018

With code near completion Ambouroue waves to majors

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

Subscribers only Energy 30.10.2018

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 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.10.2018

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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.

Subscribers only Business 17.10.2018

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

Ali Bongo's new green image

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

Subscribers only Politics 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.

Subscribers only Business 17.10.2018

ANGTI falls on hard times

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

Subscribers only Business 17.10.2018

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 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Libreville sets hefty bail for former oil minister Etienne Ngoubou

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

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Veolia appeals to ICSID in its dispute with the state

Expelled in February from Gabon, where it had been managing its subsidiary Societe d'énergie et d'eau du Gabon (SEEG), Veolia [...]

Free access Business 03.10.2018

Jean-Gaspard Ntoutoume Ayi sets his sights on leading the opposition

The 50-year-old Jean-Gaspard Ntoutoume Ayi, who acted as Jean Ping's spokesman in the presidential election of August 2016, will be [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.10.2018

Two judges to investigate Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo

Two magistrates have been appointed to lead a criminal investigation [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.10.2018

MB Associes gets involved in the Pozzo Di Borgo affair

Under threat of being sold by Kontinental conseil ingenierie (KCI, [...]

Subscribers only Business 03.10.2018

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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

Gabon

Majors' battle for VAT credit

Oil code: Ambouroue kneels down to majors

Eranove group spreads roots in Libreville

Meridiam-FGIS union already bearing fruit

Spotlight
How the state will make do without its leader

Taxman adds to Bollore's woes in Owendo

Lucie Milebou-Aubusson, the putative president

How Libreville drove Veolia's directors up the wall

French expertise deployed in Chad

Document
Enka wins its case against Gabonese government

VAT refunds, the voucher of the oil industry

Vladimir Putin boosts business for Rosneft

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?

Spotlight
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

Veolia appeals to ICSID in its dispute with the state

Jean-Gaspard Ntoutoume Ayi sets his sights on leading the opposition

Two judges to investigate Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo

MB Associes gets involved in the Pozzo Di Borgo affair

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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

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

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Andry Rajoelina

African Development Bank

Paul Biya

Erik Prince

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Gabon

Majors' battle for VAT credit

Oil code: Ambouroue kneels down to majors

Eranove group spreads roots in Libreville

Meridiam-FGIS union already bearing fruit

Spotlight How the state will make do without its leader

Taxman adds to Bollore's woes in Owendo

Lucie Milebou-Aubusson, the putative president

How Libreville drove Veolia's directors up the wall

French expertise deployed in Chad

Document Enka wins its case against Gabonese government

VAT refunds, the voucher of the oil industry

Vladimir Putin boosts business for Rosneft

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?

Spotlight 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

Veolia appeals to ICSID in its dispute with the state

Jean-Gaspard Ntoutoume Ayi sets his sights on leading the opposition

Two judges to investigate Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo

MB Associes gets involved in the Pozzo Di Borgo affair

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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

Spotlight
How the state will make do without its leader

Document
Enka wins its case against Gabonese government

Spotlight
Moscow's mission creep