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Trader Gunvor takes a swing at GOC-Vitol agreement over Carlyle assets

Gunvor has offered $950m in an attempt to stymie the agreement between GOC and Vitol over Carlyle's assets. However, Vitol has also put a lot of money on the table.

Subscribers only Energy 09.04.2024

Ouattara to receive Oligui Nguema in mid-April

The Gabonese junta leader is to pay an official visit to Abidjan on 11 and 12 April to the meet the Ivorian president.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.04.2024

Spotlight
National oil firm under pressure to raise funds for Carlyle assets

Gabon's Transition President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, 29 February 2024. © A. Irungu/EPA/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Energy 01.04.2024

Gabon may host next francophone business leaders forum

Gabon is working hard to convince the organisers of the Forum International des Entreprises Francophones (FIEF) to choose Libreville to host its next edition.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 28.03.2024

Ex-pro grand master Lin Mombo takes masonry goals to Abidjan

Former pro grand master Lin Mombo is losing momentum within Gabon's freemasonry circles and wants to open a chapter of the American Royal Arch in Abidjan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.03.2024

ECCAS commissioner in hot water

The Central African bloc's commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, Mangaral Banté, recently came under fire from the sub-region's foreign ministers. He has been at loggerheads for weeks with the head of ECCAS, Angola's Gilberto da Piedade Verissimo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.03.2024

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Libreville wins francophone Masonic battle with Sassou's blessing

Libreville has been designated as the new capital of the French-speaking community of "regular" Masonic lodges, which has just been set up under the aegis of the Grande Loge de France. The move strengthens the position of Gabon's Grand Master Jacques-Denis Tsanga.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.03.2024

Congo's president Denis Sassou-Nguesso in Brazzaville on 3 March 2023.

Czech consortium to rehabilitate regional airports

Transcon Electronic Systems and Koma Modular, which are already active in Senegal, signed a memorandum in late January, under which they will completely or partially modernise four of Gabon's inland airports.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 05.03.2024

Motley middlemen meddle in sale of Lagerfeld's long-time mansion

The sale of Paris's Hôtel Pozzo di Borgo - the former home of late designer Karl Lagerfeld now owned by Gabon - is caught in the crossfire between the central African state and its creditors, creating a free-for-all for a slew of self-styled agents.

Subscribers only Business 29.02.2024

Jacques-Denis Tsanga set to overhaul Gabon's masonic allegiances abroad

In his first steps as Grand Master of the Grande Loge du Gabon, Jacques-Denis Tsanga appears to be prioritising relations with Congolese and French masonic lodges and pulling away from their Beninese counterpart.

Subscribers only Politics 21.02.2024

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.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics, Business 20.02.2024

Inner circles
Opposition figure Alexandre Barro Chambrier succumbs to junta's overtures

The appointment of 'ABC' as Gabon's deputy prime minister was a shrewd move by the junta leader. He will be making use of his many connections at home and abroad as he bides his time until the next elections.

Free access Politics 16.02.2024

Gabon's Deputy Prime Minister, Alexandre Barro Chambrier.

Vitol wants debt paid before helping GOC buy Carlyle's assets

Geneva-based trader Vitol is making a loan to enable the Gabon Oil Co to acquire Carlyle's Gabonese assets conditional on the repayment of a debt owed to Sogara.

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2024

Spotlight
General Oligui to put Ali Bongo's Parisian mansion up for sale

Currently owned by Gabon, the Pozzo di Borgo, where fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld lived for 30 years, will soon go on the market. The Gabonese junta has settled on an asking price of €200m.

Subscribers only Business 08.02.2024

General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema in Kinshasa, DRC, on 20 January 2024.

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.

Subscribers only Politics 06.02.2024

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.02.2024

Savannah Energy joins the race for a share of Carlyle's oil assets

The company owned by British national Andrew Knott, along with half a dozen other oil companies, is positioning itself to profit from the sale of assets producing some 45,000 barrels per day.

Subscribers only Energy 30.01.2024

GOC scrambles for funds to pre-empt Carlyle assets

Gabonese officials are working on a financial package that would enable them to pre-empt Carlyle's assets and to counter an offer from Maurel & Prom.

Free access Energy 26.01.2024

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.

Subscribers only Politics 23.01.2024

Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

This year could see the largest airline in Central Africa start a regular service to Bangui for the first time, but that still depends on the Bangui-M'Poko International Airport meeting the required standards.

Subscribers only Business 18.01.2024

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.

Subscribers only Politics 17.01.2024

Pozzo di Borgo Parisian residence faces fresh seizure threat

A Lebanese company in dispute with the Gabonese state is attempting to seize the luxury Paris townhouse. Gabon has owned the property, which these days hosts top-flight fashion shows, since 2010.

Subscribers only Business 11.01.2024

Umaro Sissoco Embaló fails to mend fences between Libreville and Luanda

Guinea-Bissau's president has failed in his attempt to mediate between Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema and João Lourenço. The Angolan leader is the only African head of state not to have recognised the new Gabonese president since he seized power four months ago.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.01.2024

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló looks on during the 64th ECOWAS Head of States and Government ordinary session in Abuja, Nigeria, on December 10, 2023.

Oligui pressures minister to retake control of Carlyle's oil assets

The Gabonese president has instructed oil minister Marcel Abeke to do all he can to bring in fresh funds and take back control of certain fields. Carlyle's oil assets look to be a key target.

Subscribers only Energy 20.12.2023

Transition President Brice Oligui Nguema in Burundi, 20 October 2023.

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Obiang tussles with Oligui Nguema over relocation of ECCAS HQ

The move to Malabo, initially scheduled for December and January, is causing a stir within the sub-regional body. The president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema is keen to host the bloc's headquarters, much to the displeasure of his transitional counterpart in Gabon, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.12.2023

Transitional President of Gabon General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, at COP28 in Dubai on 1 December 2023.

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Gabon

Trader Gunvor takes a swing at GOC-Vitol agreement over Carlyle assets

Ouattara to receive Oligui Nguema in mid-April

Spotlight
National oil firm under pressure to raise funds for Carlyle assets

Gabon may host next francophone business leaders forum

Ex-pro grand master Lin Mombo takes masonry goals to Abidjan

ECCAS commissioner in hot water

Spotlight
Libreville wins francophone Masonic battle with Sassou's blessing

Czech consortium to rehabilitate regional airports

Motley middlemen meddle in sale of Lagerfeld's long-time mansion

Jacques-Denis Tsanga set to overhaul Gabon's masonic allegiances abroad

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

Inner circles
Opposition figure Alexandre Barro Chambrier succumbs to junta's overtures

Vitol wants debt paid before helping GOC buy Carlyle's assets

Spotlight
General Oligui to put Ali Bongo's Parisian mansion up for sale

Gabon Grand Master swearing in moved forward

AU to debate return to democratic rule in Gabon

Savannah Energy joins the race for a share of Carlyle's oil assets

GOC scrambles for funds to pre-empt Carlyle assets

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

Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

Brothers in spot of bother for Grand Master election

Pozzo di Borgo Parisian residence faces fresh seizure threat

Umaro Sissoco Embaló fails to mend fences between Libreville and Luanda

Oligui pressures minister to retake control of Carlyle's oil assets

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Obiang tussles with Oligui Nguema over relocation of ECCAS HQ

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Gabon

Trader Gunvor takes a swing at GOC-Vitol agreement over Carlyle assets

Ouattara to receive Oligui Nguema in mid-April

Spotlight National oil firm under pressure to raise funds for Carlyle assets

Gabon may host next francophone business leaders forum

Ex-pro grand master Lin Mombo takes masonry goals to Abidjan

ECCAS commissioner in hot water

Spotlight Libreville wins francophone Masonic battle with Sassou's blessing

Czech consortium to rehabilitate regional airports

Motley middlemen meddle in sale of Lagerfeld's long-time mansion

Jacques-Denis Tsanga set to overhaul Gabon's masonic allegiances abroad

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

Inner circles Opposition figure Alexandre Barro Chambrier succumbs to junta's overtures

Vitol wants debt paid before helping GOC buy Carlyle's assets

Spotlight General Oligui to put Ali Bongo's Parisian mansion up for sale

Gabon Grand Master swearing in moved forward

AU to debate return to democratic rule in Gabon

Savannah Energy joins the race for a share of Carlyle's oil assets

GOC scrambles for funds to pre-empt Carlyle assets

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

Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

Brothers in spot of bother for Grand Master election

Pozzo di Borgo Parisian residence faces fresh seizure threat

Umaro Sissoco Embaló fails to mend fences between Libreville and Luanda

Oligui pressures minister to retake control of Carlyle's oil assets

Spotlight Obiang tussles with Oligui Nguema over relocation of ECCAS HQ

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Spotlight
National oil firm under pressure to raise funds for Carlyle assets

Spotlight
Libreville wins francophone Masonic battle with Sassou's blessing

Inner circles
Opposition figure Alexandre Barro Chambrier succumbs to junta's overtures

Spotlight
General Oligui to put Ali Bongo's Parisian mansion up for sale

Spotlight
Obiang tussles with Oligui Nguema over relocation of ECCAS HQ