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AU panel rejects Central African candidates

The panel of eminent Africans responsible for shortlisting candidates from Central Africa for the posts of trade and education commissioners will not be submitting applications to the AU executive council. It considers that the profiles do not meet the required conditions.

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2025

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema launches a vast reprofiling of public debt

The transitional president is preparing an exchange of debt securities to postpone this year's financial deadlines. The operation, worth more than FCFA 1,000bn, must be completed before the 12 April presidential election.

Subscribers only Finance 26.03.2025

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Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema uses Omar Bongo playbook in presidential election campaign

Gabonese transitional president Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema in Beijing, September 2024. © Pool/Getty Images via AFP

Subscribers only Politics 25.03.2025

Ali Bongo (far right) and wife Sylvia Bongo at King Charles III's coronation, Westminster Abbey, London, 6 May 2023. © Ben Stansall/Getty Images/AFP

Bongo family steps up its legal counter-offensive

The French examining magistrates in charge of the investigation into the detention of several members of the Bongos just held their first hearings. Their lawyer is also trying to put pressure on President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema to release them before July.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.03.2025

An oil rig off the coast of Port-Gentil on 13 January 2017. © Justin Tallis/AFP

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Gabon Oil Co steels itself for tough year after taking over Carlyle assets

The deposits that Gabon's national oil company acquired from the US trader last year are turning out to be not as productive as expected.

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2025

The CEO of the Eramet Group, Christel Bories, in Argentina, in July 2024. © Luis Robayo/AFP

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

Christel Bories had lofty ambitions for Africa when she took the Eramet helm in 2017. Yet she achieved few of them, and the French mining group is being challenged on its Gabonese and Senegalese sites.

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2025

GOC deal sparks storm at Gunvor

Stéphane Degenne, co-director of Gunvor's oil trading business, has just retired early. Several inside sources claim that his departure is linked to a 2024 contract with Gabon Oil Co, which the company denies.

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.2025

Perenco and GOC battle it out to buy Tullow Oil

The race to acquire Tullow's assets in Gabon has picked up pace and the staff of the state-owned Gabon Oil Co are now determined to come out on top.

Subscribers only Energy 24.03.2025

One year after GOC's takeover, Assala Energy still without management

The Gabonese state-owned company is struggling to attract managers to Assala Energy capable of handling the new assets acquired last year. Added to this is an expected fall in returns from these licences.

Subscribers only Energy 19.03.2025

Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs

Central African nations are jockeying for the African Union's trade and education commissioner posts, which are the region's by right. Burundi, DR Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe and the Central African Republic have all fielded candidates, alongside Equatorial Guinea, Chad.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.03.2025

Ex-Jean Ping adviser Michel Ongoundou Loundah set to run for president

After taking over the Réagir party at the end of January, he has embarked on a tour of the country ahead of a presidential bid.

Subscribers only Politics 27.02.2025

Cameroon spat upsets plans for employers' summit in Brazzaville

Plans to hold the Rassemblement des Entrepreneurs Francophones, a forum for business owners from French-speaking African nations, in June in Brazzaville have been upset by a rival event by the Economic Community of Central African States’ (CEEAC) business council.

Subscribers only Business 20.02.2025

Presidential hopefuls court diaspora in France

Several likely candidates in April's presidential election have travelled to Paris in recent weeks to meet members of the Gabonese community based there.

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2025

Ivorian justice investigating Ping brothers

A-One Technology, the group founded by Franck and Jean-François Ping, is at the centre of an inquiry by the Ivorian judiciary for "unfair competition" and "use of fraudulent information". It follows a complaint from the Ivorian group Impact Palmarès R&D.

Subscribers only Business 11.02.2025

How Paris is redefining its military cooperation with Libreville

While the French army officially handed over its military base last year, France still wants to keep a small contingent of 70 soldiers in Libreville.

Subscribers only Defence 06.02.2025

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema puts PDG party in battle order as presidential poll looms

With two months to go before presidential elections, the junta leader has reactivated the Parti Démocratique Gabonais. But supporters of ousted Ali Bongo contest the new party leadership and have set up a dissident branch.

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2025

Rejected Confederation of African Football candidates ready appeals

Several candidates up for election to the CAF have had their applications rejected. Two of them have already taken their case to Switzerland's Court of Arbitration.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2025

The son of an Omar Bongo minister serves as go-between for Oligui Nguema and Africa50

Cameroonian national Alain Ebobissé, CEO of Africa50, was able to meet Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema on the sidelines of the Mission 300 Summit through businessman Bertin Mboumbou Miyakou, son of Antoine de Padoue Mboumbou Miyakou.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 03.02.2025

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Behind Genevan trader Augusta's return to Libreville

The Swiss trading company Augusta Energy is set to regain the contract to distil SOGARA's atmospheric residue, which it lost in 2020 under the previous Gabonese administration. Under the new deal, the trader has agreed to drop legal proceedings in exchange for $25m in compensation.

Subscribers only Energy 24.01.2025

The entrance of an oil refinery of Gabonese Refining Company SOGARA in Port-Gentil, Gabon, January 2017.

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema plays the Abu Dhabi investment card

Under pressure from the IMF, the Gabonese government is hoping to nurture closer ties with the United Arab Emirates. A delegation headed by a prominent Emirati businessman is currently in Libreville and various diplomatic initiatives are underway.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy, Diplomacy 24.01.2025

Ex-Energy Minister Jeannot Kalima takes the fall for Karpowership case

Former energy minister Jeannot Kalima, who was behind the deal signed last year with the Turkish operator Karpowership to supply Libreville with electricity, had been in the firing line of several presidential advisers.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 21.01.2025

World Bank again suspends payments

After an initial suspension in June, the World Bank has once again suspended its payments due to Libreville's accumulated unpaid bills.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 13.01.2025

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema reorganises his presidential fleet

After purchasing two aircraft in August through the Nigerian company Falcon Aerospace, the Gabonese presidency sold its Gulfstream IV, which was stationed in Basel for maintenance, to the Nigerian airline FlyBird at the end of last year.

Subscribers only Business 10.01.2025

French judge to examine Bongos' prison conditions

Lawyers for deposed president Ali Bongo, his wife and their son are expected to announce on 9 January the appointment of an investigating magistrate in connection with their complaint of ‘arbitrary detention’ and ‘sequestration’.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.01.2025

The intriguing career trajectory of the new head of the Gabonese Sovereign Wealth Fund

Appointed by Gabon's president to head the state's main financial vehicle, Persis Lionel Essono Ondo presents himself as a seasoned investment banker. While his CV lists a number of positions at prominent businesses, the authenticity of his career path is in doubt.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 07.01.2025

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Gabon

AU panel rejects Central African candidates

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema launches a vast reprofiling of public debt

Spotlight
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema uses Omar Bongo playbook in presidential election campaign

Bongo family steps up its legal counter-offensive

Spotlight
Gabon Oil Co steels itself for tough year after taking over Carlyle assets

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

GOC deal sparks storm at Gunvor

Perenco and GOC battle it out to buy Tullow Oil

One year after GOC's takeover, Assala Energy still without management

Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs

Ex-Jean Ping adviser Michel Ongoundou Loundah set to run for president

Cameroon spat upsets plans for employers' summit in Brazzaville

Presidential hopefuls court diaspora in France

Ivorian justice investigating Ping brothers

How Paris is redefining its military cooperation with Libreville

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema puts PDG party in battle order as presidential poll looms

Rejected Confederation of African Football candidates ready appeals

The son of an Omar Bongo minister serves as go-between for Oligui Nguema and Africa50

Spotlight
Behind Genevan trader Augusta's return to Libreville

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema plays the Abu Dhabi investment card

Ex-Energy Minister Jeannot Kalima takes the fall for Karpowership case

World Bank again suspends payments

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema reorganises his presidential fleet

French judge to examine Bongos' prison conditions

The intriguing career trajectory of the new head of the Gabonese Sovereign Wealth Fund

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Gabon

AU panel rejects Central African candidates

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema launches a vast reprofiling of public debt

Spotlight Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema uses Omar Bongo playbook in presidential election campaign

Bongo family steps up its legal counter-offensive

Spotlight Gabon Oil Co steels itself for tough year after taking over Carlyle assets

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

GOC deal sparks storm at Gunvor

Perenco and GOC battle it out to buy Tullow Oil

One year after GOC's takeover, Assala Energy still without management

Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs

Ex-Jean Ping adviser Michel Ongoundou Loundah set to run for president

Cameroon spat upsets plans for employers' summit in Brazzaville

Presidential hopefuls court diaspora in France

Ivorian justice investigating Ping brothers

How Paris is redefining its military cooperation with Libreville

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema puts PDG party in battle order as presidential poll looms

Rejected Confederation of African Football candidates ready appeals

The son of an Omar Bongo minister serves as go-between for Oligui Nguema and Africa50

Spotlight Behind Genevan trader Augusta's return to Libreville

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema plays the Abu Dhabi investment card

Ex-Energy Minister Jeannot Kalima takes the fall for Karpowership case

World Bank again suspends payments

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema reorganises his presidential fleet

French judge to examine Bongos' prison conditions

The intriguing career trajectory of the new head of the Gabonese Sovereign Wealth Fund

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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Spotlight
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema uses Omar Bongo playbook in presidential election campaign

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Gabon Oil Co steels itself for tough year after taking over Carlyle assets

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Behind Genevan trader Augusta's return to Libreville