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Gabon to ban gas flaring, unprocessed log exportsOil firms operating in Gabon will be banned from flaring gas in 2010, the government said in a statement.
(Topix.net)Africa, China in win-win cooperation: Gabonese speaker
"The Sino-African cooperation is a win-win situation. Each party benefits from the cooperation.
(Topix.net)Bongo Love for Tigashire Concert
AFTER successful whirlwind tours of the United Sates, three local music outfits Bongo Love, Mbira Dzemuninga and Matemai will perform in Harare tomorrow at the Tigashire Welcome Concert at Taste of Africa Restaurant. (AllAfrica)
UN Anti-Corruption Meeting Develops Worrisome Trend: Algerian NGO Blocked and a Gabonese Activist Faces Difficulties
The Algerian government is blocking attendance of an Algerian NGO from an upcoming UN anti-corruption summit. This is a deeply worrying development, according to the UNCAC Coalition, a group of over 200 organisations seeking implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). (AllAfrica)
Country profile: Equatorial Guinea
Since independence in 1968, Equatorial Guinea has been ruled by two men - from the same family - who have been described by a variety of human rights organisations as among the worst abusers of human rights in Africa.
(Topix.net)Continent Can Help Mitigate Climate Change
On the eve of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this December, momentum for action still falls far short of that needed to avert catastrophe. Africa will suffer consequences out of all proportion to its contribution to global warming, which is primarily caused by greenhouse gas emissions from wealthy countries. (AllAfrica)
The missionary in the city
On Saturday mornings, Erick Miguel Poaty hoists a cardboard box on his shoulders and knocks on doors in two of the city's poorest apartment complexes.
(Topix.net)PM of Bongo District Assembly to Contest NPP UE Regional Secretary Slot
The Presiding Member (PM) of the Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region, Mr. Emmanuel Nsor-Atindana, has declared his intention to contest the Regional Secretary slot of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the party's congress in December. (AllAfrica)
Bongo Assembly Wants Its Community Members to Participate in Budget Formulation
Community members have been called upon to contribute to the budgeting process instead of leaving it to the Assembly members alone. (AllAfrica)
Secrets keep Gabon general jailed
The head general of Gabon's national council for security has been detained in prison in Libreville for the last four weeks, a Gabonese bi-monthly reported on Friday.
(Topix.net)French Court Blocks Probe of Three Presidents
A French Appeal Court in Paris yesterday rejected the demand of the Transparency International (TI) organization for leave to open a probe in France into the estates of three African heads of state. (AllAfrica)
Gabon cuts public sector pay
Gabon's new government will put a ceiling on public sector wages, it announced on Thursday through the media, in line with new President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's pledge to cut public spending.
(Topix.net)France halts African leaders case
A French appeals court has halted a lawsuit against three African leaders accused of embezzlement.
(Topix.net)African Handball Championship - MINUH Clinches Semi Final Spot
They narrowly defeated Stade Mandji of Gabon 29-28 in the quarter final. (AllAfrica)
A Few Words From Gabon ...
" We must form a united front against the exploitation of man by man; we must cure ourselves of our complexes by a supranational awareness, a national consciousness.
(Topix.net)Well-known prankster votes in ADQ leadership as ex-Gabonese dictator
Quebec TV prankster Jean-Rene Dufort is seen in this 2005 file photo. Dufort voted in last weekend's ADQ leadership race, using the name of dead Gabonese dictator Omar Bongo.
(Topix.net)Ali Bongo Ondimba takes the bull by the horns: BEAC Governor resident in Yaounde fired
President Ali Bong, the newly sworn-in President of Gabon has chaired his first cabinet meeting.
(Topix.net)BEAC Management Scandal - The country Takes Draconian Measures
Council of Ministers orders arrest of suspects as bank governor faces dismissal. (AllAfrica)
Bongo Names Gabon Government
Ali Bongo greets supporters in Libreville after being declared winner of bitter presidential election in Gabon, 03 Sep 2009 Gabon's new president Ali Ben Bongo has named his first government.
(Topix.net)Meeting Common Aspirations
The Republic Of Gabon is under the control of a new Head of State, Ali Bongo Ondimba, since last Friday October 16, 2009. The 50-year-old son of the former President of Gabon, Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died last June in Barcelona, Spain, is no novice to Gabonese political landscape. Yet he centred his political campaign on change, and it is now pressing on him to deliver on his electoral promises. (AllAfrica)
Ali Bongo takes oath of office to succeeds his father
Ali Bongo Ondimba, the victor in the Aug. 30 presidential elections, took oath of office on Friday at the Presidential Palace in Libreville and succeeded his father Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died on June 8 at the age of 73, after ruling the West African country for 41 years.
(Topix.net)New government formed in Gabon
A new and slimmed-down administration was formed in Gabon on Saturday, as announced in a presidential decree via television by Secretary General of the Gabonese Presidency Francois Engongah Owono.
(Topix.net)Ali Bongo Ondimba's Swearing Takes Place this Friday
This Friday will take place in Libreville in presence of 10 heads of states the swearing of Ali Bongo Ondimba, elected August 30. The new head of state will be the third president elected in Gabon since 1960. (AllAfrica)
Bongo sworn in as Gabon president
Ali Bongo Ondimba, son of Gabon's late strongarm leader, was sworn in as president on Friday at a ceremony attended by other African leaders. (AllAfrica)
Gabon Announces Vote Recount Turnout
Libreville, Oct 13 The September 28 vote recount by Gabon Constitutional Court declared Ali Bongo Ondimba winner of the presidential race amid claims of fraud.
(Topix.net)President elected Ali Bongo Ondimba ready to lead the country
Elected President Ali Bongo Ondimba will be sworn this week and will lead Gabon, a small oil-rich central African country with 1.5 million people where the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG-in power) has always ruled the country for 41 years and have got a new 7 years term. (AllAfrica)
End of a four months transition
The transition has been completed in Gabon with the validation of the election of Ali Bongo Ondimba to the presidency of the Republic after the elections on August 30 and after the Constitutional Court had ended Monday night the process initiated following the death of President Omar Bongo Ondimba, June 8. (AllAfrica)
Gabon court declares Bongo victor in disputed presidential election
The court rejected [AP report] the claims filed by the opposition, and ordered that the inauguration can take place in the coming days.
(Topix.net)Gabon court upholds Bongo's victory
Gabon's constitutional court says the son of the country's longtime dictator won the August 30 presidential elections that opposition candidates said were fraudulent.
(Topix.net)Gabon court upholds Bongo victory
Gabon's Constitutional Court has upheld Ali Ben Bongo's victory in August's presidential election, opening the way for him to be sworn in.
(Topix.net)Can Libreville's Electricity Users Save Gabon's Mbé Watershed ?
As mining and logging spread across Gabon's Mbé watershed, they threaten the river that nourishes the capital city, Libreville, and also drives the city's turbines. USAID and the Global Environment Facility are helping the government of Gabon and the Wildlife Conservation Society entice electricity users into paying to maintain the watershed - for their good and the good of others. (AllAfrica)