Gabon
General Oligui Nguema's government looks to balance old and new

Gabon
Libreville bars Karpowership power plant from switching on in last-minute U-turn

On presidential orders, Gabon's energy ministry has blocked the Turkish electricity operator's floating power plant from connecting to the national grid. The plant was supposed to be operational by 27 November.

Gabon
Comilog unions revolt over production suspension decision

The decision of Comilog's majority shareholder, France's Eramet group, to suspend manganese production in Ga`bon because of low Chinese demand has worsened the already conflictual relations between management and unions at the company.

Gabon
Ex-Olam exec linked to carbon credits project

A huge agroforestry project in Haut-Ogooué province is awaiting certification, and the name of Arise boss Gagan Gupta is hovering in the background. The initiative is being closely scrutinised by the junta.

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema promotes private office director to board of strategic investment fund

Transition President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is set to appoint the head of his private office Victorine Tchicot to the Gabonese Sovereign Wealth Fund (FGIS)'s board of directors.

Gabon
AU to debate return to democratic rule in Gabon

The African Union's Peace and Security Commission is to debate Gabon's return to democratic rule on 9 February.

Gabon
General Oligui Nguema in secret tête-à-tête with French lawyer Robert Bourgi

On the sidelines of an official visit to Senegal, Gabon's interim leader met in private on 19 January with lawyer Robert Bourgi, a key figure in French-Africa relations, to discuss the transition process in Gabon.

Gabon
Dubai to be Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's next international stop-off

Less than three weeks after visiting Saudi Arabia to take [...]

Palace Intrigues
Bill Gates, Faure Gnassingbé, Ali Bongo, Jutta Urpilainen

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Senegal Gates due in Dakar for another Grand Challenges

Togo/Gabon Faure Gnassingbé loses his EPL-watching pal Ali Bongo

Ethiopia EU Commissioner Urpilainen's big Addis Ababa announcement

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Félix Tshisekedi, Vincent de Paul Massassa

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Congo Influential Julienne Johnson becomes an official adviser to her father

Ivory Coast Ouattara's former special adviser Serey-Eiffel back in Abidjan

DRC Tshisekedi's favourite luxury hotels in the Big Apple

Gabon Vincent de Paul Massassa makes a final, quick trip to oil ministry

Gabon
Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Since the coup on 30 August, oil operators in the country have continued regardless. They are working to build relations with the new power, whose choices of oil and gas officials have been reassuringly well-known figures.

Gabon
Post-coup, oil companies are being called to account

Despite officially denying that it is carrying out an audit, Gabon's Ministry of Hydrocarbons has asked the oil companies operating there to provide a list of all payments made to the state from 2020 to 2023.