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Gabon

The woes of the winners in deep offshore

Oil companies that landed licenses in Gabon’s deep offshore in 2013 and 2014 are at a loss on how to fend off pressure from Libreville to employ CGG for their seismic surveys.

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Soro could mediate between feuding Bongo family

Pascaline Bongo is expected to meet with President Alassane Ouattara [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2015

Dumont-Beghi tries to get Bongo’s B777 airborne

French lawyer Claude Dumont-Beghi, a discreet member of the Franco-African [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2015

Ali Bongo buffeted by internal row

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo is caught up in an internal [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2015

Addax ordered to explain role of its middle-man

Executives from the Chinese major are currently in Libreville to tell the president why they have been paying a mysterious lobbyist.

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2015

Ali Bongo’s Boeing seizure prompts diplomatic row with Paris

A diplomatic crisis has erupted between Paris and Libreville over the French police’s seizure of a Gabonese presidential Boeing 777 [...]

Subscribers only 26.03.2015

Delta Synergie: the hidden side of the presidential palace

As owner or shareholder of an array of companies owned by people close to Ali Bongo, the holding company Delta Synergie is the vehicle via which the president controls a big chunk of the economy.

Subscribers only Politics 18.03.2015

Ali Bongo breaks with Teke tradition in military

Flouting an unwritten rule dating back to the Omar Bongo era, Ali Bongo recently appointed a non-Teke to head Gabon's military. West Africa Newsletter has the low-down.

Subscribers only Politics 18.03.2015

Rene Ndemezo’o Obiang launches opposition career

Rene Ndemezo’o Obiang, 68, who resigned from Gabon’s ruling Parti Democratique Gabonais (PDG) on February 28, will make his first [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.03.2015

Gemalto embroiled in corruption proceedings

The Franco-Dutch company Gemalto is keeping a low profile in [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.03.2015

Pacome Yamadjako, Ali Bongo’s real estate agent in Morocco

Pacome Yamadjako, the 46-year-old managing director of Excel Compta, a [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.03.2015

Thomas Assogba, Addax’s hired hand

Relations between the Chinese firm Addax Petroleum (part of the Sinopec group) and Gabon’s government have been highly complicated in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2015

Race against time for IronRidge

After raising cash with an IPO on AIM in London on Feb. 12, IronRidge Resources must now start exploration work [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.03.2015

Ali Bongo keeps watchful eye on rivals

Ali Bongo’s rehabilitation of the opposition party Union Nationale gives his rivals an official platform but also allows him to keep tabs on them more easily.

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2015

Africa No1 struggling to keep afloat

The Gabonese radio station Africa No 1 is perilously short of funds and, adding to its woes, it has been accused of illegally broadcasting programming produced by its French counterpart.

Subscribers only Business 04.03.2015

Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze, Ali Bongo’s faithful flak

Ali Bongo’s dedicated spokesman Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze, 48, has been promoted to director of communication for the presidential palace. [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2015

Ndong Sima attacks Attias

In his book "Quel renouveau pour le Gabon?", which Pierre [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2015

Roberto Tomasini Grinover, Vamed’s man

A special advisor to President Ali Bongo and the managing [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.03.2015

Estelle Brahime, Ali Bongo’s new notary

Estelle Brahime, who is well-liked at the presidential palace, has [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.03.2015

The knives are still out among Addax staffers

The Chinese company, dispirited by its poor performances in 2014, is pursuing its probe into dubious recruitments in its Gabonese affiliate.

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2015

Philippe Menegatti finds it hard settling in at Addax

Addax Gabon’s technical director, the 57-year-old French national Philippe Menegatti, feels uncomfortable in his job. For months he has been [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2015

Raymond Ndong Sima settles his scores with the presidency

Banalities apart, the principal interest of the case made by Raymond Ndong Sima against Ali Bongo's style of government in [...]

Subscribers only 26.02.2015

How Pascaline Bongo brought about the downfall of Blue Mendel

Of the total €500 000 claimed from Pascaline Bongo by the French company, Blue Mendel, for goods ordered and delivered [...]

Subscribers only 24.02.2015

Lucie Milebou-Aubusson looks set to head Senate

A senator from the ruling Parti Democratique Gabonaise (PDG) from Fougamou, her stronghold in Ngounie in the south, 58-year-old Lucie [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2015

Standard & Poor’s pessimistic

The relationship between Gabon and the Standard & Poor’s seem [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.02.2015

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Gabon

The woes of the winners in deep offshore

Soro could mediate between feuding Bongo family

Dumont-Beghi tries to get Bongo’s B777 airborne

Ali Bongo buffeted by internal row

Addax ordered to explain role of its middle-man

Ali Bongo’s Boeing seizure prompts diplomatic row with Paris

Delta Synergie: the hidden side of the presidential palace

Ali Bongo breaks with Teke tradition in military

Rene Ndemezo’o Obiang launches opposition career

Gemalto embroiled in corruption proceedings

Pacome Yamadjako, Ali Bongo’s real estate agent in Morocco

Thomas Assogba, Addax’s hired hand

Race against time for IronRidge

Ali Bongo keeps watchful eye on rivals

Africa No1 struggling to keep afloat

Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze, Ali Bongo’s faithful flak

Ndong Sima attacks Attias

Roberto Tomasini Grinover, Vamed’s man

Estelle Brahime, Ali Bongo’s new notary

The knives are still out among Addax staffers

Philippe Menegatti finds it hard settling in at Addax

Raymond Ndong Sima settles his scores with the presidency

How Pascaline Bongo brought about the downfall of Blue Mendel

Lucie Milebou-Aubusson looks set to head Senate

Standard & Poor’s pessimistic

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Gabon

The woes of the winners in deep offshore

Soro could mediate between feuding Bongo family

Dumont-Beghi tries to get Bongo’s B777 airborne

Ali Bongo buffeted by internal row

Addax ordered to explain role of its middle-man

Ali Bongo’s Boeing seizure prompts diplomatic row with Paris

Delta Synergie: the hidden side of the presidential palace

Ali Bongo breaks with Teke tradition in military

Rene Ndemezo’o Obiang launches opposition career

Gemalto embroiled in corruption proceedings

Pacome Yamadjako, Ali Bongo’s real estate agent in Morocco

Thomas Assogba, Addax’s hired hand

Race against time for IronRidge

Ali Bongo keeps watchful eye on rivals

Africa No1 struggling to keep afloat

Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze, Ali Bongo’s faithful flak

Ndong Sima attacks Attias

Roberto Tomasini Grinover, Vamed’s man

Estelle Brahime, Ali Bongo’s new notary

The knives are still out among Addax staffers

Philippe Menegatti finds it hard settling in at Addax

Raymond Ndong Sima settles his scores with the presidency

How Pascaline Bongo brought about the downfall of Blue Mendel

Lucie Milebou-Aubusson looks set to head Senate

Standard & Poor’s pessimistic

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