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Opposition comes under pressure in Libreville

With just a few months to go to the August presidential elections, Ali Bongo’s opponents are coming increasingly under pressure [...]

Subscribers only 22.04.2016

Ali Bongo makes Congo visit to undermine rivals

Gabon’s president is making efforts to undermine the support of his biggest political rivals - Jean Ping and Guy Nzouba Ndama - in presidential palaces throughout the region ahead of the elections.

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2016

Marcel Abeke, Nzouba Ndama’s man in Paris

Marcel Abeke, who resigned from Gabon’s ruling PDG (Parti Democratique Gabonais) in 2012, has been appointed the European spokesman of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2016

Arnauld Engandji digs in at GOC

The boss of the national oil company, Arnauld Engandji, is hiring close associates to help ensure the survival of the company that was all but bankrupt.

Subscribers only Energy 19.04.2016

Ali Bongo arms his guards and violates air safety rules!

Gabonese defence minister Mathias Otounga Ossibadjouo has ordered several tonnes of spanking new military equipment and material. They are to [...]

Subscribers only 07.04.2016

Miclet attends Accrombessi's father's funeral

Vincent Miclet was one of the few Europeans at the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.04.2016

Guy Nzouba Ndama challenges Ali Bongo

President Ali Bongo’s former political godfather Guy Nzouba Ndama, 70, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.04.2016

GOC recruits daughter of PM Ona Ondo

Estelle Ada Ona, the 25-year-old daughter of Gabon’s Prime Minister [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.04.2016

Addax stops pumping oil

An accident on the Obangue field has had a devastating effect on the Chinese major Sinopec.

Subscribers only Energy 05.04.2016

Guy Nzouba Ndama challenges Bongo to a duel

Guy Nzouba Ndama, 70, who has been Gabonese National Assembly president since 1997, will announced on April 5 that he [...]

Subscribers only 30.03.2016

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Bongo sets off on steep, narrow path to reelection

With only six months to go before Gabon’s presidential elections, witch-hunts are the order of the day in Libreville. At the annual conference of the ruling PDG (Parti Democratique Gabonais) in the Gabonese capital on March 12, President Ali Bongo [.

Subscribers only Politics 23.03.2016

Attijariwafa in line to take over BICIG

Attijariwafa Bank is poised to acquire BNP Paribas' majority stake [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.03.2016

Blast on Obangue field could jeopardize Addax’s future

The storage tank containing part of the Obangue field’s crude that blew up on March 12 had been watched for years by Addax’s workers who called in vain for it to be replaced.

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2016

Mystery over audit of Toulekima's time at GOC

Led by the Gabonese firm 3M-Partners & Conseils and government [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2016

Bongo outmanoeuvres PDG dissidents over presidential poll

In a bid to silence those in his own party who would have him replaced by another candidate, President Ali Bongo has stated publicly that he will run for reelection next year.

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2016

Segolene Royal to visit Bongo

Ségolène Royal, the French environment minister, will make an official [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2016

Continental shelf: Dos Santos plays cat & mouse with Bongo

A dispute between Angola and Gabon over the extension of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2016

Lawyers revolt against bar chief

A group of Gabonese lawyers have protested against Akumbu M’Oluna being appointed head of their order, yet again.

Subscribers only Politics 24.02.2016

SEEG targeted by vandals

SEEG, a subsidiary of France’s Veolia, has experienced a marked [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.02.2016

Bongo adds new staff to boost election chances

The Gabonese president has taken on some new members of staff to help boost his chances in the forthcoming elections.

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2016

Addax rules out layoffs to make life easier for everybody

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that Yi Zhang, the managing director of Addax Petroleum (Sinopec group) has finally decided to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Engandji wins the top job at Gabon Oil Co

Named as administrator of state-controlled Gabon Oil Co (GOC) last [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Energy Minister sees loyalty as prime virtue when hiring

In setting up his staff, Gabon’s new energy minister, Guy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Bongo Jr works on 'granddad' Sassou's campaign

Omar Denis Jr Bongo, the 22-year-old son of the late Omar Bongo and Edith Lucie Sassou Nguesso, has been hired [...]

Subscribers only 27.01.2016

Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo’s agriculture VIP

Singaporean food and industry giant Olam, headed by Gagan Gupta, [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2016

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Gabon

Opposition comes under pressure in Libreville

Ali Bongo makes Congo visit to undermine rivals

Marcel Abeke, Nzouba Ndama’s man in Paris

Arnauld Engandji digs in at GOC

Ali Bongo arms his guards and violates air safety rules!

Miclet attends Accrombessi's father's funeral

Guy Nzouba Ndama challenges Ali Bongo

GOC recruits daughter of PM Ona Ondo

Addax stops pumping oil

Guy Nzouba Ndama challenges Bongo to a duel

Spotlight
Bongo sets off on steep, narrow path to reelection

Attijariwafa in line to take over BICIG

Blast on Obangue field could jeopardize Addax’s future

Mystery over audit of Toulekima's time at GOC

Bongo outmanoeuvres PDG dissidents over presidential poll

Segolene Royal to visit Bongo

Continental shelf: Dos Santos plays cat & mouse with Bongo

Lawyers revolt against bar chief

SEEG targeted by vandals

Bongo adds new staff to boost election chances

Addax rules out layoffs to make life easier for everybody

Engandji wins the top job at Gabon Oil Co

Energy Minister sees loyalty as prime virtue when hiring

Bongo Jr works on 'granddad' Sassou's campaign

Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo’s agriculture VIP

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Opposition comes under pressure in Libreville

Ali Bongo makes Congo visit to undermine rivals

Marcel Abeke, Nzouba Ndama’s man in Paris

Arnauld Engandji digs in at GOC

Ali Bongo arms his guards and violates air safety rules!

Miclet attends Accrombessi's father's funeral

Guy Nzouba Ndama challenges Ali Bongo

GOC recruits daughter of PM Ona Ondo

Addax stops pumping oil

Guy Nzouba Ndama challenges Bongo to a duel

Spotlight Bongo sets off on steep, narrow path to reelection

Attijariwafa in line to take over BICIG

Blast on Obangue field could jeopardize Addax’s future

Mystery over audit of Toulekima's time at GOC

Bongo outmanoeuvres PDG dissidents over presidential poll

Segolene Royal to visit Bongo

Continental shelf: Dos Santos plays cat & mouse with Bongo

Lawyers revolt against bar chief

SEEG targeted by vandals

Bongo adds new staff to boost election chances

Addax rules out layoffs to make life easier for everybody

Engandji wins the top job at Gabon Oil Co

Energy Minister sees loyalty as prime virtue when hiring

Bongo Jr works on 'granddad' Sassou's campaign

Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo’s agriculture VIP

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Bongo sets off on steep, narrow path to reelection