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Gabon

Dominique Blanc keeps ill-gotten gains inquiry alive

Officially, the investigation into the Bongo family's property assets in France (the so-called ‘ill-gotten gains' inquiry) was closed by Judge [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.09.2019

Guess what of September 25, 2019

Visa | Bilateral meeting | Security caps | Home visit

Free access Guess what ? 25.09.2019

Cash-strapped Vaalco turns to London Stock Exchange

Unable to drill on its Equatorial Guinean block P as its block partner, the state-owned GEPetrol does not have the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.09.2019

Pouyanne's surprising pick for Total Gabon director

The appointment of Stephane Bassene as chief executive of Total Gabon on September 6 came somewhat as a surprise for [...]

Free access Energy 24.09.2019

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Ali and Pascaline Bongo - a rock and a hard place for Delta Synergie

The increasingly frosty relationship between the presidential couple - Ali Bongo and his wife Sylvia Bongo - and the president's elder sister Pascaline Bongo is complicating the management of the family's assets. Nearly a third of these assets are held [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2019

Guess what of September 11, 2019

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Brice Laccruche Alihanga pitches up in Paris

Having conducted what felt like an electoral campaign tour of the provinces of Nyanga in the south, Woleu-Ntem in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2019

BW and Panoro Energy win jackpot on Dussafu

According to our information, the recoverable reserves on the Hibiscus [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2019

Moscow hones Africa strategy in Bangui

Having operated on its own in Africa for a year, Russia is trying out a new strategy in the Central African Republic by developing closer ties with the United Nations and discreetly supporting anti-French propaganda.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.08.2019

Eavesdropper-in-chief emerges from shadows

The very discreet head of the president's interception service SILAM has been given a role in regulating the country's telecommunications.

Subscribers only Politics 28.08.2019

Omar Denis Jr Bongo researches Togolese politics

A student at the University of Oxford in England since 2018 after three years at Harvard, 25-year-old Omar Denis Jr [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.08.2019

Mohammed VI too late for Ali Bongo

Arriving on Sunday 25 August in Libreville with the crown [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.08.2019

Laccruche's special security detail

A few weeks ago, Ali Bongo's chief of staff Brice [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.08.2019

Canal International chooses Libreville to showcase African youth basketball

Having acquired the rights at the beginning of the year [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.08.2019

Signing bonus: Petronas fills the state's coffers

By proving to be tough negotiator, the Gabonese ministry of petrol has come away with rather favourable conditions for offshore blocks F12 and F13.

Free access Energy 27.08.2019

Etienne Lepoukou, sole survivor of oil ministry

The former Total Gabon director Etienne Lepoukou was confirmed as the technical advisor in charge of oil and gas matters [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2019

Is Michel Mboussou curbed by his wife's presidential aims?

While Michel Mboussou was appointed chairman one of Gabon's leading public firms, Societe equatoriale des mines, which oversees the state's [...]

Free access 30.07.2019

Miners push back against new BEAC rules

Miners in Gabon, joined by their oil sector peers, are making a stand against the Central African Bank's new exchange rate regulations.

Subscribers only Mining 30.07.2019

Ambitions rife at presidential palace

While the Bongo family prepares for the Gabonese president's media comeback, several figures are honing their image as the man for the future.

Subscribers only Politics 24.07.2019

Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo to stay on at Constitutional Court

Despite the manoeuvrings of Ali Bongo's chief of staff Brice [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.07.2019

Brice Laccruche to meet Eramet

Still angry with the mining company Eramet, Ali Bongo's chief [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.07.2019

When Vincent Miclet talks with Perenco over Sardine

The French entrepreneur living quietly in Morocco, Vincent Miclet, has been invited to the table to talk over the purchase of Sardine of which he was once a shareholder.

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.2019

Maurel & Prom replaces Michel Hochard with another former Total name

After months of anticipation, the directors of Indonesia's public oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.2019

Businessman Seydou Kane makes a strong comeback

The Chief Executive Officer of the public works firm CITP (Consortium international des travaux publics), the Gabonese-Malian businessman Seydou Kane, [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 10.07.2019

Clean Africa to lose Libreville waste contract

Clean Africa, which is run by the former minister Pacome [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.07.2019

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Gabon

Dominique Blanc keeps ill-gotten gains inquiry alive

Guess what of September 25, 2019

Cash-strapped Vaalco turns to London Stock Exchange

Pouyanne's surprising pick for Total Gabon director

Spotlight
Ali and Pascaline Bongo - a rock and a hard place for Delta Synergie

Guess what of September 11, 2019

Brice Laccruche Alihanga pitches up in Paris

BW and Panoro Energy win jackpot on Dussafu

Moscow hones Africa strategy in Bangui

Eavesdropper-in-chief emerges from shadows

Omar Denis Jr Bongo researches Togolese politics

Mohammed VI too late for Ali Bongo

Laccruche's special security detail

Canal International chooses Libreville to showcase African youth basketball

Signing bonus: Petronas fills the state's coffers

Etienne Lepoukou, sole survivor of oil ministry

Is Michel Mboussou curbed by his wife's presidential aims?

Miners push back against new BEAC rules

Ambitions rife at presidential palace

Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo to stay on at Constitutional Court

Brice Laccruche to meet Eramet

When Vincent Miclet talks with Perenco over Sardine

Maurel & Prom replaces Michel Hochard with another former Total name

Businessman Seydou Kane makes a strong comeback

Clean Africa to lose Libreville waste contract

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Gabon

Dominique Blanc keeps ill-gotten gains inquiry alive

Guess what of September 25, 2019

Cash-strapped Vaalco turns to London Stock Exchange

Pouyanne's surprising pick for Total Gabon director

Spotlight Ali and Pascaline Bongo - a rock and a hard place for Delta Synergie

Guess what of September 11, 2019

Brice Laccruche Alihanga pitches up in Paris

BW and Panoro Energy win jackpot on Dussafu

Moscow hones Africa strategy in Bangui

Eavesdropper-in-chief emerges from shadows

Omar Denis Jr Bongo researches Togolese politics

Mohammed VI too late for Ali Bongo

Laccruche's special security detail

Canal International chooses Libreville to showcase African youth basketball

Signing bonus: Petronas fills the state's coffers

Etienne Lepoukou, sole survivor of oil ministry

Is Michel Mboussou curbed by his wife's presidential aims?

Miners push back against new BEAC rules

Ambitions rife at presidential palace

Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo to stay on at Constitutional Court

Brice Laccruche to meet Eramet

When Vincent Miclet talks with Perenco over Sardine

Maurel & Prom replaces Michel Hochard with another former Total name

Businessman Seydou Kane makes a strong comeback

Clean Africa to lose Libreville waste contract

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Ali and Pascaline Bongo - a rock and a hard place for Delta Synergie