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Gabon

ONEP wars with Schlumberger

The powerful union Organisation Nationale des Employes du Petrole (ONEP) seems particularly angry with Schlumberger these days. In a letter [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.03.2013

Top recruit for Gabon Oil Co

Faced with the problem of hiring experienced Gabonese oil executives, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.03.2013

"Ill-Gotten" roads lead to Paris, Nice

Investigators searched Congolese and Gabonese-owned properties in Paris and Nice earlier this month as part of the ongoing "Ill-Gotten Gains" probe.

Subscribers only Politics 20.02.2013

Libreville still pins hopes on Belinga iron

Although iron prices plunged by over half between the end of 2011 and December, 2012 - from $180 per ton [...]

Free access Mining 12.02.2013

Gabon's embassy on the move

After moving to 41 rue de la Bienfaisance in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.02.2013

Messodie International readies Gabon's Bikele project

The Monaco finance firm Messodie International has prepared and finalised [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.02.2013

MICHEL MBOUSSOU (CNAMGS)

Michel Mboussou, the managing director of Gabon's Caisse Nationale d'Assurance [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.02.2013

Why IOG invited Ali Bongo

President Ismael Omar Guelleh (IOG) rolled out the red carpet to welcome his opposite number from Gabon, Ali Bongo, who [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2013

Libreville woos Hollande's heartland

In a crafty bid to curry favour with François Hollande, Libreville has been taking a close interest in the president's political heartland of Correze in the south west of France.

Subscribers only Politics 23.01.2013

Ali Bongo to visit Djibouti

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo is due to make an official [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.01.2013

Bongo’s new nest

Ali Bongo has bought a villa in Libreville’s upmarket La [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.01.2013

Semlex hires ex-French interior minister Gueant

Lawyer Claude Guéant, who served as France's interior minister under [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.01.2013

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Ngoubou plays a high stakes energy game

With the big African Cape V oil conference that will draw of the continent’s producers coming up in two months’ time in Libreville, reasons for concern about Gabon’s oil and gas sector headed by Etienne Ngoubou are piling up.

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.2013

Gabon Oil builds its portfolio

The arrival of Pura Vida Energy on the Nkembe block has enabled the national oil company to acquire a new asset in Gabon’s offshore.

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.2013

SEEG chaired by Frenchman in Gabon

Christian Lefaix was appointed the new head of Societe d’Energie [...]

Subscribers only Business 09.01.2013

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Ali Bongo takes on all comers

Defeating a 40-year-old establishment cannot be easy. In an effort to impose his vision and move forward with his "Emergence" project to develop Gabon, Ali Bongo is constantly having to do battle with his late father Omar Bongo's acolytes, as [.

Subscribers only Politics 19.12.2012

Republican Guard "made in France"

François Hollande's election as French president has not changed security relations between Gabon and France, as the makeup of President Ali Bongo's personal guard demonstrates.

Subscribers only Politics 19.12.2012

BOA pays back CFA 200 million to Accrombessi

Bank of Africa Benin has returned some CFA 200 million [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.12.2012

The rise and rise of Accrombessi

Ali Bongo seems to be attached to the hip to his director of cabinet Maixent Accrombessi, who is now also his assistant at the Grand Lodge of Gabon.

Subscribers only Politics 05.12.2012

Police chief pays price

Leon Mistoul, the commander-in-chief of the Gabonese police, will have [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.12.2012

GUIDO SANTULLO (Sericom)

Italian businessman Guido Santullo heads the construction group Sericom, which [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.12.2012

GOC

Gabon’s oil minister, Etienne Ngoubou, wants to stage a licensing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2012

Doubts over Olam’s project

The firm Muddy Waters that specializes in short selling has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2012

Bongo courts London business

Like Niger which held a similar event in June, Libreville is keen to court British interests at the Gabon Investment Forum 2012. Eat your heart out, Paris.

Subscribers only Politics 21.11.2012

ALEXANDRE BARRO-CHAMBRIER (ABC)

Alexandre Barro-Chambrier, 53, was kicked out as Gabon’s minister for [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.11.2012

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Gabon

ONEP wars with Schlumberger

Top recruit for Gabon Oil Co

"Ill-Gotten" roads lead to Paris, Nice

Libreville still pins hopes on Belinga iron

Gabon's embassy on the move

Messodie International readies Gabon's Bikele project

MICHEL MBOUSSOU (CNAMGS)

Why IOG invited Ali Bongo

Libreville woos Hollande's heartland

Ali Bongo to visit Djibouti

Bongo’s new nest

Semlex hires ex-French interior minister Gueant

Spotlight
Ngoubou plays a high stakes energy game

Gabon Oil builds its portfolio

SEEG chaired by Frenchman in Gabon

Spotlight
Ali Bongo takes on all comers

Republican Guard "made in France"

BOA pays back CFA 200 million to Accrombessi

The rise and rise of Accrombessi

Police chief pays price

GUIDO SANTULLO (Sericom)

GOC

Doubts over Olam’s project

Bongo courts London business

ALEXANDRE BARRO-CHAMBRIER (ABC)

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Gabon

ONEP wars with Schlumberger

Top recruit for Gabon Oil Co

"Ill-Gotten" roads lead to Paris, Nice

Libreville still pins hopes on Belinga iron

Gabon's embassy on the move

Messodie International readies Gabon's Bikele project

MICHEL MBOUSSOU (CNAMGS)

Why IOG invited Ali Bongo

Libreville woos Hollande's heartland

Ali Bongo to visit Djibouti

Bongo’s new nest

Semlex hires ex-French interior minister Gueant

Spotlight Ngoubou plays a high stakes energy game

Gabon Oil builds its portfolio

SEEG chaired by Frenchman in Gabon

Spotlight Ali Bongo takes on all comers

Republican Guard "made in France"

BOA pays back CFA 200 million to Accrombessi

The rise and rise of Accrombessi

Police chief pays price

GUIDO SANTULLO (Sericom)

GOC

Doubts over Olam’s project

Bongo courts London business

ALEXANDRE BARRO-CHAMBRIER (ABC)

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Ngoubou plays a high stakes energy game

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Ali Bongo takes on all comers