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Comprehensive News Feed for Gabon.
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E Guinea poll 'a sham', warns rights groups
... watchdog this year lodged a complaint in France against against Obiang and two other African dictators -- Gabon's late leader Omar Bongo and the Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso -- accusing them of spending huge sums of public ... Comment?
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Top Gabonese maritime official murdered
Libreville - Unidentified killers have murdered Rene Ziza, who was in charge of all Gabon's maritime transport, the General Council of Shippers , which he headed, announced Thursday. Comment?
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Gabon begins census of government workers
Libreville - Gabonese officials have begun a census of government workers in a bid to make the adminstration more efficient and less costly and corrupt, officials said on Wednesday. Comment?
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Conservation: Indigenous people's enemy No. 1?
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... 455-day trek across the Congo Basin in 2002, he asked Africa's longest-serving leader, President El Hadj Omar Bongo of Gabon, to sit down for a chat. Bongo agreed to meet the world-famous adventurer, and brought his Cabinet along to listen in. Fay ... Comment?
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Bongo eyes bloated civil service
By Linel Kwatsi Libreville - Gabon's new President Ali Ben Bongo has ordered a census of the Central African country's bloated civil service in a bid to cut state spending and take charge of the body, the prime minister said on Tuesday. Comment?
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Gabon's Bongo takes aim at bloated civil service
Gabon's new President Ali Ben Bongo has ordered a census of the central African country's bloated civil service in a bid to cut State spending and take charge of the body, the Prime Minister said today. Comment?
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World Airline News: Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon to acquire DHC-8-314 D-BDTM from Augsburg Airways
Nouvelle Air Affairs Gabon is getting ready to acquire this Bombardier DHC-8-314 registered D-BDTM from Augsburg Airways. Comment?
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... including Pierre Mamboundou, who i s the chairman of the opposition Union of Gabonese people (UPG), into Gabon's go v ernment. Zambia ruling party loses parliamentary seat to opposition The ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has l ost ... Comment?
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Cameroon team at World Cup 2010
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... of Le Guen coincided with an upturn in fortunes with the Frenchman guiding the country to a valuable win against Gabon in Libreville. Samuel Eto'o, an international since he was 14, was made captain and last week Cameroon beat Morroco 2-0 in Fez in ... Comment?
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Prince Charles campaign to save the rainforests backed by the US Senate
... on the rainforests yesterday (thu) there were two Heads of State President Jagdeo of Guyana and President Bongo of Gabon and senior ministers from 18 countries. Mr Miliband was also present. Deforestation, which accounts for a fifth of carbon ... Comment?
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Ondimba's Visit to Paris Raises Question on France's Policy Toward Gabon
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... changed. President Ali Bongo's visit to France comes less than three months after he succeeded his father as leader of Gabon. It also comes amid criticism from human rights groups after Gabon's government-controlled media council suspended six ... Comment?
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Gabon president in first Paris trip since poll win
... and is due in Paris for a three-day visit and talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy. P ARIS, Nov 18, 2009 (AFP) - Gabon's President Ali Bongo was expected inFrance on Wednesday for his first trip since he succeeded his father, who made Paris almost a ... Comment?
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France stirs ill will as officials consort with African autocrats
A waiter, reacting to the mosquitoes plaguing a customer on a recent hot night here, said sharply: Those aren t mosquitoes; those are French people! In another coastal African capital X Libreville X in Gabon, a crowd yelled: We re sick of the French! Let s kick them out! Let s kill them! after learning this fall that their nation s reigning ... Comment?
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... of the Central African zone. The countries are Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. All proceeds will be reinvested in the zone. IFC's timing is quite prescient. As the recovery from the crisis continues to ... Comment?
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Africa agrees on secret climate damages demand
... less than 1 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions that scientists say are threatening the planet, it says. Gabon's President Ali Ben Bongo speaks at a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009. The ... Comment?
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Gabonese Government Suspends Multiple Publications
Gabon's National Communications Council has suspended at least six publications for what it says are ethical violations of journalism. Comment?
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Gabon repatriates 28 child trafficking victims to Benin
Gabon repatriated 28 children out of the 34 found on an immigrants boat on Friday evening to Benin, their country of origin, aboard an Ivorian Air airplane. Comment?
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... ana slipped to 18.04 per cent in October, the fourth consecutive decline, PANA reported from here Friday. Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The South African rand recorded a fall against the CF A franc of the Bank of the Central African States (BEAC), ... Comment?
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... to cancel the licences to export we a pons to Tripoli. Gabonese President for FAO summit in Rome Saturday Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, will leave Libreville on Saturday for Rome, Italy, where he will ... Comment?
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Ill Will Grows in a Former Colonial Region as France Consorts With the Powerful
As democracy slips in country after country, France often quietly sides, once again, with the once-and-future autocrats. Comment?
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