Gabon
General Oligui Nguema puts his people in key positions

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
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
Gabon Grand Master swearing in moved forward

Jacques-Denis Tsanga, the new grand master of the Grande Loge du Gabon, is to be sworn in on 10 February, a week earlier than planned.

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
Brothers in spot of bother for Grand Master election

Having been announced in October, the election of Jacques-Denis Tsanga as Grand Master of the Grande Loge du Gabon is about to take place. But behind the scenes, the previously dominant consensus has evaporated.

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

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

Gabon
New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Until recently, Maurel & Prom was the best-placed bidder for US investment group Carlyle's Gabonese oil interests, but the new regime in Libreville is working on an alternative all-Gabonese takeover plan.

Spotlight | Gabon
Freemasons chose new leader to replace Ali Bongo

The Grande Loge du Gabon, the powerful Masonic lodge headed until recently by the now deposed president Ali Bongo, has found a new Grand Master in the person of Jacques Denis Tsanga.

Gabon
General Oligui to scrutinise debts of Ali Bongo era

With the assistance of military intelligence and the BGFI bank, a new task force is to conduct an inventory of the state's debts as well as looking into transactions conducted by advisers to Noureddin Bongo.

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

The government installed by General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema brings in new faces from the Gabonese expatriate community, as well as former heavyweights from the Omar Bongo era. The aim is to consolidate the authority of the country's new strong man.