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Gabon

Addax still in cross-hairs

The Gabon Oil Corp could take stakes in blocks owned by Addax Petroleum to put paid to a series of disputes between the Geneva-based firm and the government.

Free access Energy 13.03.2012

Etienne Ngoubou

The appointment of Etienne Ngoubou as Gabon’s oil, energy and hydraulic resources minister on Feb. 28 confirms the influence of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Gabon Oil Co.

A decree dated February 10 (see document) and signed by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Spotlight
Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

While the Arab Spring may have raised the hopes of young people in Sub-Saharan Africa, on the whole rulers have managed to avoid regime changes and often made no attempt at transparency during the recent elections across the region. With [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.02.2012

Telemania, power player in Gabon

Earlier this month the Gabonese government awarded the contract for [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.02.2012

Richard Attias & Associates go to Gabon

The PR event organiser Richard Attias & Associates will organise [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.02.2012

GE Energy

The affiliate of the American giant General Electric, GE Energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2012

IRON ORE
Libreville sees BHP as suitor for Belinga

According to our sources in government circles, Libreville is thinking of turning the promising Belinga iron ore project over to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2012

Libreville/Rabat/NYC
Ali Bongo

Ali Bongo is determined to play Sherpa to Moroccan king [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.02.2012

Eramet set to lose its manganese crown

In launching pilot production of manganese at M’Bembele last year, China’s CICM Huangzhou signaled an end of Eramet’s de facto [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.01.2012

Spotlight
Bongo fuels oil sector power struggle

Preferring to expound on Gabon’s ‘green’ industries, President Ali Bongo Ondimba rarely speaks in public about oil, despite the fact that even though it is diminishing, the country’s output of crude oil remains Gabon’s primary source of revenue.

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2012

Ali Bongo woos the UPG

Fresh from his party’s landslide victory in Gabon’s parliamentary elections in December, Ali Bongo is keen to form an alliance with the late Pierre Mamboundou’s UPG.

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2012

Ping looking good

On the eve of the African Union summit taking place [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2012

PIERRE RETENO NDIAYE (Sogara)

The managing director of the petrochemical and oil products company [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.01.2012

Bongo’s parliamentary coup

Two years after his contested electoral victory in August 2009, President Ali Bongo has made Gabon’s parliament even more monolithic than it was in his father Omar Bongo’s day.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2012

Diplomatic tensions with Brasilia

President Ali Bongo wants Gabon to work with an array of international partners. But the country’s chaotic foreign service does not necessarily facilitate matters.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2012

Edouard Valentin (SCG-Re)

The CEO of Ogar-Vie, Gabon’s leading insurance group, and a [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2012

Ali Bongo v Omar loyalists

Political veterans who held positions of power during his father Omar Bongo's presidency are the biggest challenge to President Ali Bongo in Gabon's forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2011

Bongo’s own goal

Gabon sparked a minor diplomatic incident when it opened the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2011

Rent arrears in Brazil

The Gabonese embassy in Brazil was closed at the beginning [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.11.2011

Bongo’s party headed for landslide

Certain of victory in the upcoming parliamentary elections, the ruling PDG will profit politically even further from the recent death of Pierre Mamboundou.

Subscribers only Politics 16.11.2011

Stadium lights out

A match between Brazil and Gabon on November 10 had [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.11.2011

Semlex passport confiscated

President Ali Bongo may not renew the contract first signed [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.11.2011

"Gabonization"on the march

In a letter to the Union Petroliere Gabonaise (UPEGA) dated [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.2011

Libreville
Perenco workers briefly on strike

Workers for the Franco-British firm Perenco walked off the job [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.2011

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Gabon

Addax still in cross-hairs

Etienne Ngoubou

Gabon Oil Co.

Spotlight
Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

Telemania, power player in Gabon

Richard Attias & Associates go to Gabon

GE Energy

IRON ORE
Libreville sees BHP as suitor for Belinga

Libreville/Rabat/NYC
Ali Bongo

Eramet set to lose its manganese crown

Spotlight
Bongo fuels oil sector power struggle

Ali Bongo woos the UPG

Ping looking good

PIERRE RETENO NDIAYE (Sogara)

Bongo’s parliamentary coup

Diplomatic tensions with Brasilia

Edouard Valentin (SCG-Re)

Ali Bongo v Omar loyalists

Bongo’s own goal

Rent arrears in Brazil

Bongo’s party headed for landslide

Stadium lights out

Semlex passport confiscated

"Gabonization"on the march

Libreville
Perenco workers briefly on strike

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Ibrahim Traoré

Virtus Minerals

Paul Kagame

Savannah Energy

Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Gabon

Addax still in cross-hairs

Etienne Ngoubou

Gabon Oil Co.

Spotlight Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

Telemania, power player in Gabon

Richard Attias & Associates go to Gabon

GE Energy

IRON ORE Libreville sees BHP as suitor for Belinga

Libreville/Rabat/NYC Ali Bongo

Eramet set to lose its manganese crown

Spotlight Bongo fuels oil sector power struggle

Ali Bongo woos the UPG

Ping looking good

PIERRE RETENO NDIAYE (Sogara)

Bongo’s parliamentary coup

Diplomatic tensions with Brasilia

Edouard Valentin (SCG-Re)

Ali Bongo v Omar loyalists

Bongo’s own goal

Rent arrears in Brazil

Bongo’s party headed for landslide

Stadium lights out

Semlex passport confiscated

"Gabonization"on the march

Libreville Perenco workers briefly on strike

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Spotlight
Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

IRON ORE
Libreville sees BHP as suitor for Belinga

Libreville/Rabat/NYC
Ali Bongo

Spotlight
Bongo fuels oil sector power struggle

Libreville
Perenco workers briefly on strike