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Ali takes local elections in hand

Several investigations into how Gabonese see the PDG party have led Ali Bongo to take personal charge of preparations for the local elections.

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2013

2G delivers ultimatum to Libreville

Lawyers acting for Goran Gogov, the head of architecture firm [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.11.2013

Alain-Claude Kouakoua (Mika Services)

Alain-Claude Kouakoua, the 53-year-old deputy chairman of Gabon's Chamber of [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.11.2013

GOC

Companies that won blocks in Gabon's deep offshore in an [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2013

Sinopec bets on Accrombessi

According to our sources, a delegation of officials from the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2013

Elenilto in offshore play

The Israeli group Elenilto headed by Jacob Engel is pushing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2013

Ali beefs up PR for local elections

Feverish in the run-up to the local elections in November, Ali Bongo has brought in his half-sister to bolster his PR team.

Subscribers only Politics 30.10.2013

Maixent Accrombessi

Oil minister Etienne Ngoubou wrote on Oct. 22 to oil companies that have displayed an interest in acreage in Gabon’s [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2013

Ali gets upper hand in Haut-Ogooué

Wanting to avoid any unpleasant surprises in his heartland in the next local elections, Ali Bongo personally supervised the investiture of the GDP candidates.

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2013

Open war for an Ecolodge

Ali Bongo made improving the environment one of the cornerstones of Emerging Gabon. West Africa Newsletter investigates a specific case.

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2013

Ngoubou on sales trip to U.S.

Buoyed by his victory over Addax, Gabon’s oil minister Etienne Ngoubou flew to the United States at the end of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.2013

Etienne Lepoukou

Head of Gabonese oil minister Etienne Ngoubou’s forecasting service since 2012, Etienne Lepoukou has taken the job of Total Gabon’s [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.2013

Addax plays it cool

A team of negotiators from Addax (Sinopec group) turned up [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.2013

Shelf dispute drags on

A low-key battle with potentially big consequences is unfolding before [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.2013

Etienne Ngoubou

Etienne Ngoubou, Gabon's oil minister, seems joined at the hip [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.2013

Indians to snap up Franceville manganese mine

Gabon’s mine minister, Regis Immongault, has struck a deal after working discreetly for several weeks to negotiate a new accord [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.10.2013

Jamboree on Rue Raphael

Some 500 guests turned up at the French embassy in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.10.2013

Gunvor advances in Libreville

In bad odour with Congo's government, Gunvor is beefing up [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.10.2013

PAUL AIME BAGAFOU (Onep)

Since Sept. 15, Paul Aime Bagafou has been serving as [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.10.2013

ONEP takeover misfires

Gabon’s oil workers union, Organisation Nationale des Employes du Petrole [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.2013

Corsicans frustrated

When Ali Bongo decided recently that first lady Sylvia Bongo [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.09.2013

2G threatens to sue Libreville for $10 million

The architectural firm 2G, headed by Serbian-born Goran Gogov, is [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.09.2013

Frederic Briens

The French oil firm Maurel & Prom has appointed a new chief to see to its business in Gabon in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.09.2013

Addax wobbles on Obangue

The arbitration procedure in Paris that went against Addax (Sinopec) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.09.2013

IFC puts up cash for Etame

Having already lent $53 million for the development of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.09.2013

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