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Gabon
Country Profiles

Gabon

Capital city: Libreville
Languages: French (official); Fang, Myene, Nzebi,...

 
 
25 Nov 2011
 
 
 
To Bélinga or not to Bélinga? China’s Evolving Engagement in Gabon’s Mining Sector (November 2011)
MINING SECTOR
Gabon's recent ambition to reduce its dependency on oil revenue by diversifying its economy coincides with China's growing investment in resource-rich African countries. Within the wide range of...
 
 
02 Mar 2011
 
Zuma’s Paris visit – the Africa background
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
President Jacob Zuma will land in Paris on 02 March just three days after French President Sarkozy has operated a major cabinet re-shuffle. Rated very low in the polls, but still facing a...
 
 
10 Nov 2010
 
 
 
Daily podcast - November 10, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast, ANC MPs accept changes to the Protection of Information Bill to protect whistle-blowers but not the media; a French court opens the way to probe of the assets of three African...
 
 
18 Sep 2009
 
Gabon: Pre-election Report
GABON
Omar Bongo, Gabon's longest ruling President, came into power in 1967 and died in Spain after suffering with an internal illness on the June 8, 2009. For much of the latter part of the twentieth...
 
 
08 Sep 2009
 
 
 
Daily podcast - September 8, 2009
Multimedia
In today's podcast, Cosatu urges Ministers to trade down on vehicles; the EU has proposes that the UN should set up a war chest to aid poor countries in dealing with climate change; and Southern...
 
 
02 Sep 2009
 
Gabon: Presidential Election - Time for Change or More of the Same?
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Gabon goes to the polls to elect a new president on Sunday, nearly three months after the death of President Omar Bongo Ondimba at the age of 73. Bongo was Africa's longest-ruling president, having...
 
 
31 Aug 2009
 
 
 
Daily podcast - August 31, 2009
Multimedia
in today's podcast, the NIA will not comment yesterday on reports that Mo Shaik may become its new DG; President Jacob Zuma urges Zimbabwe's rival parties to resolve their differences to gain vital...
 
 
09 Jun 2009
 
 
 
Daily podcast - June 9, 2009
Multimedia
In today's podcast, the Department of Health says that taxation may be used to fund the government's national health plan; the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank say that the path to...
 
 
17 Jan 2008
 
Gabon lifts the suspension of 22 NGOs after a week
AFRICA
Gabon has lifted a ban on 22 non-government organisations a week after it suspended them for criticising the way in which state resources were being spent in the oil-producing central African...
 
 
11 Jan 2008
 
Gabon suspends 20 NGOs which criticised government
GABON
Gabon's interior minister has suspended 20 non-government organisations after they criticised the way in which state resources were being spent in the oil-producing central African country....
 
 
15 Jan 2005
 
Letter from Thabo Mbeki: 'To still the human-made harmattan winds'
News
"In the period since December 30, 2004, we have visited five African countries in pursuit of the interdependent goals of peace, democracy, development and African solidarity.
 
 
07 May 2004
 
Congo backs Chad peace efforts for Darfur
News
The Republic of Congo pledged Thursday to back Chadian efforts to restore peace in Sudan's Darfur region, to prevent the 15-month war destabilising the central African subregion, a statement...
 
 
04 Mar 2004
 
Central African officials to meet with Aristide
News
The Central African Republic authorities will meet in the coming days with ousted Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to "clear up" whether he wants to remain in Bangui or head into exile...
 
 
14 Feb 2004
 
African heads gather for summit on investment attraction
News
Several African heads of state gathered yesterday in Kigali for a summit focussed on a continental plan to attract foreign investment in return for good governance and respect for human rights.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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