Gabon News

Sixteen Cuban crewmen were stranded Thursday in a backwater African port, with little cash and owed up to 11 months of salary, after their cargo ship began listing with a possibly illegal lumber cargo aboard.

Oil firms operating in Gabon will be banned from flaring gas in 2010, the government said in a statement.

"The Sino-African cooperation is a win-win situation. Each party benefits from the cooperation.

Since independence in 1968, Equatorial Guinea has been ruled by two men - from the same family - who have been described by a variety of human rights organisations as among the worst abusers of human rights in Africa.

On Saturday mornings, Erick Miguel Poaty hoists a cardboard box on his shoulders and knocks on doors in two of the city's poorest apartment complexes.

The head general of Gabon's national council for security has been detained in prison in Libreville for the last four weeks, a Gabonese bi-monthly reported on Friday.

Gabon's new government will put a ceiling on public sector wages, it announced on Thursday through the media, in line with new President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba's pledge to cut public spending.

A French appeals court has halted a lawsuit against three African leaders accused of embezzlement.

" We must form a united front against the exploitation of man by man; we must cure ourselves of our complexes by a supranational awareness, a national consciousness.

Quebec TV prankster Jean-Rene Dufort is seen in this 2005 file photo. Dufort voted in last weekend's ADQ leadership race, using the name of dead Gabonese dictator Omar Bongo.

President Ali Bong, the newly sworn-in President of Gabon has chaired his first cabinet meeting.

Ali Bongo greets supporters in Libreville after being declared winner of bitter presidential election in Gabon, 03 Sep 2009 Gabon's new president Ali Ben Bongo has named his first government.

Ali Bongo Ondimba, the victor in the Aug. 30 presidential elections, took oath of office on Friday at the Presidential Palace in Libreville and succeeded his father Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died on June 8 at the age of 73, after ruling the West African country for 41 years.

A new and slimmed-down administration was formed in Gabon on Saturday, as announced in a presidential decree via television by Secretary General of the Gabonese Presidency Francois Engongah Owono.

Libreville, Oct 13 The September 28 vote recount by Gabon Constitutional Court declared Ali Bongo Ondimba winner of the presidential race amid claims of fraud.

The court rejected [AP report] the claims filed by the opposition, and ordered that the inauguration can take place in the coming days.

Gabon's constitutional court says the son of the country's longtime dictator won the August 30 presidential elections that opposition candidates said were fraudulent.

Gabon's Constitutional Court has upheld Ali Ben Bongo's victory in August's presidential election, opening the way for him to be sworn in.

Africom head defends military exercise in Gabon Tue Sep 29, 8:43 pm ET WASHINGTON - The head of the US Africa command defended holding a joint military exercise in Gabon, which has been rocked by protests in the wake of a disputed election in early September.

The 2009 Amissa Bongo Tropical in January attracted large crowds. The UCI says this and other races globalize the sport.