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Bongo tries to put fresh spin on Gabon in Paris

The Gabonese leader recently dispatched two ministers to France to put a more positive gloss on the country's situation.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2015

Bongo loyalists keep Ping on tight leash

Gabon’s president has friends in the legal system and in military barracks to curb the enthusiasm of opponents.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2015

Bongo candidate for French sciences academy

France’s scholarly Academie des Sciences d’Outre Mer, which was founded [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2015

Standard Chartered hired by Libreville

The Gabonese government has hired Standard Chartered Bank to advise [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.02.2015

SEEG files complaint

Veolia’s power subsidiary SEEG has lodged a complaint over the [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.02.2015

Addax sorely hit by collapse in oil price

While Western majors are slashing their exploration and production budgets, China’s state-run oil companies are doing precisely the same

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.2015

Harvest drops Dussafu to pay for arbitration against Caracas

The Texas junior has found itself with no choice but to give up on developing its block in Gabon for want of money that should have come from Venezuela.

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.2015

Marco Kruit, Addax's new Shell recruit

The Chinese firm Addax Petroleum (Sinopec group) has at last hired an executive to take charge of HSE (hygiene, security, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.2015

Agatour in the red

Agatour, (Agence Gabonaise de Developpement et de Promotion du Tourisme [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.01.2015

Henri-Max Ndong Nzue, Total’s new standard-bearer in Libreville

Henri-Max Ndong Nzue succeeded Frenchman Benoit Chague as head of [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.01.2015

Prime Minister upbraids the ONEP union

According to a letter dated Jan 15 that Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo dispatched, and which Africa Energy Intelligence [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

Henri Max Ndong Nzue takes over for Total

After operating in Gabon for more than 50 years, Total Gabon has finally gotten around to appointing a Gabonese national [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

Charm offensive on investors in Cape Town

Africa Mining Intelligence understands that the Societe Equatoriale des Mines (SEM) will unveil a series of gold projects at the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

Gabon to revive Dousseoussou marble quarry

Libreville is seeking an investor to revive the marble quarry [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

Bongo snubs opposition, thinks strategy

After struggling to deal with internal opposition, Ali Bongo is determined to focus on his record in office – however meagre it may be – and has sent envoys to spread the word throughout the country.

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2015

Ename raises French awareness of pressure on Gabonese press

Gabonese journalist Desire Ename, the head of the daily newspaper [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2015

SEEG seeks to recover CFA 14 billion

In his official 2015 New Year’s greeting message, President Ali [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2015

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ONEP could face a slow death

Launched on Dec. 1, a strike headed by the union Organisation Nationale des Employes du Petrole (ONEP) in Gabon’s oil and gas sector has entered its second month. Although the walkout is running out of steam at oil companies, the [.

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.2015

Bongo siblings still fighting over late leader's estate

Five years after the Gabonese leader Omar Bongo Ondimba's death, his many descendants continue to fight over his estate.

Subscribers only Politics 17.12.2014

Di Ndinge steals Ping’s thunder

With what a number of opposition figures thought was suspicious timing, Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge, the 68-year-old former vice-president of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.12.2014

ONEP on warpath against bosses

It is bad idea to cross the Organisation Nationale des [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.12.2014

War shaping up over Roussette field

With oil companies manoeuvring to acquire stakes on the Roussette field, Sinopec/Addax could finally oust another well connected firm in Nigeria, IS45, which is also bidding for the field.

Subscribers only Energy 16.12.2014

Strike takes hold and the government knuckles down

Production has dropped a lot since a walkout called by ONEP began on Dec. 1. So how are the government and companies coping?

Subscribers only Energy 16.12.2014

Simeon Edzo Mezui, whiff of nepotism at Addax

The maintenance and production manager for Addax Petroleum, Simeon Edzo Mezui, has come under fire for hiring members of his [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.12.2014

Tensions as oil sector is hit by strike

The indefinite strike, which began on December 1 among employees of oil companies operating in Gabon, has produced rapid results. [...]

Subscribers only 12.12.2014

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Gabon

Bongo tries to put fresh spin on Gabon in Paris

Bongo loyalists keep Ping on tight leash

Bongo candidate for French sciences academy

Standard Chartered hired by Libreville

SEEG files complaint

Addax sorely hit by collapse in oil price

Harvest drops Dussafu to pay for arbitration against Caracas

Marco Kruit, Addax's new Shell recruit

Agatour in the red

Henri-Max Ndong Nzue, Total’s new standard-bearer in Libreville

Prime Minister upbraids the ONEP union

Henri Max Ndong Nzue takes over for Total

Charm offensive on investors in Cape Town

Gabon to revive Dousseoussou marble quarry

Bongo snubs opposition, thinks strategy

Ename raises French awareness of pressure on Gabonese press

SEEG seeks to recover CFA 14 billion

Spotlight
ONEP could face a slow death

Bongo siblings still fighting over late leader's estate

Di Ndinge steals Ping’s thunder

ONEP on warpath against bosses

War shaping up over Roussette field

Strike takes hold and the government knuckles down

Simeon Edzo Mezui, whiff of nepotism at Addax

Tensions as oil sector is hit by strike

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Gabon

Bongo tries to put fresh spin on Gabon in Paris

Bongo loyalists keep Ping on tight leash

Bongo candidate for French sciences academy

Standard Chartered hired by Libreville

SEEG files complaint

Addax sorely hit by collapse in oil price

Harvest drops Dussafu to pay for arbitration against Caracas

Marco Kruit, Addax's new Shell recruit

Agatour in the red

Henri-Max Ndong Nzue, Total’s new standard-bearer in Libreville

Prime Minister upbraids the ONEP union

Henri Max Ndong Nzue takes over for Total

Charm offensive on investors in Cape Town

Gabon to revive Dousseoussou marble quarry

Bongo snubs opposition, thinks strategy

Ename raises French awareness of pressure on Gabonese press

SEEG seeks to recover CFA 14 billion

Spotlight ONEP could face a slow death

Bongo siblings still fighting over late leader's estate

Di Ndinge steals Ping’s thunder

ONEP on warpath against bosses

War shaping up over Roussette field

Strike takes hold and the government knuckles down

Simeon Edzo Mezui, whiff of nepotism at Addax

Tensions as oil sector is hit by strike

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ONEP could face a slow death