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Veteran Pierre Duro has key role in new domestic debt audit

The task force assigned by the president's office in June to conduct a full audit of the country's internal debt has a seasoned player in French-Gabonese relations on board: legal expert Pierre Duro. [...]

Published on 03/11/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Gabon
Veteran Pierre Duro has key role in new domestic debt audit

Gabon
Libreville audits state contractors in hope of reducing external debt

Gabon
IMF questions Arise IIP tax exemptions

Gabon
Gabon tussles with IMF over loan programme

Gabon
Webcor joins KCI and Sericom in seeing its claims against Gabon rebuffed

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BGFI shadow hangs over presidency's debt task force

Gabon
Internal debt: Ernst & Young pits its calculations against those of PwC