Pandora Papers expose African leaders’ offshore secrets
After the Panama Papers in 2016, the Paradise Papers in 2017, the Mauritius Leaks in 2019 and the Luanda Leaks in 2020, here are the […]
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Gabon: Noureddin Bongo Valentin’s post at the presidency cancelled
Noureddin Bongo Valentin had been the general coordinator of presidential affairs for 21 months. On Monday, the government, meeting in the Council of Ministers, decided […]
IMF: A loan program of 306 billion CFA francs for Gabon to revive its economy
The IMF’s local representative, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro, personally went to the Presidency of the Republic on Monday to announce the good news to the Head of […]
Nigeria and Algeria could see their petrol production increased as OPEC agreed to raise production limits
OPEC and allied countries, meeting as OPEC+, agreed Sunday to raise production limits on five countries, ending a dispute that had sent global energy prices […]
Gabon: fifteen years in prison for the authors of the failed putsch of January 2019
Three soldiers involved in the failed coup attempt against President Ali Bongo Ondimba in January 2019 were sentenced Thursday, July 1, to 15 years in […]
Gabon: the country aims at being re-admitted to EITI by the end of 2021
Eight years after its exclusion from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), oil and manganese producer Gabon is accelerating its efforts to regain eligibility for […]
Football: Paulo Duarte appointed head coach of togolese national Team
The Portuguese Paulo Duarte was appointed coach by the Togolese Football Federation on Monday, May 3, 2021. He succeeds the French Claude Le Roy and […]
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea settle territorial dispute in The Hague
The territorial dispute between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea is once again in the spotlight. These two Central African countries have been disputing the sovereignty of […]
Central African Republic: Faustin-Archange Touadéra sworn in for a second term
The President of Burundi was on hand, as were the Prime Ministers of Rwanda, Cameroon and Gabon, while Angola, Congo, Chad and Equatorial Guinea were […]
Equatorial Guinea: Rise of the death toll after the explosion of an ammunition depot
At least 98 dead and 615 wounded: the death toll is rising after the explosion Sunday, March 7 of an ammunition depot in Bata, the […]