Africa Gabon Gabon has acquired a 56% majority stake in the private company Afrijet Business Service, which will not change its name but will adopt an additional brand name called FlyGabon and serve as the country's new national carrier
Africa Gabon Gabon became the last team to qualify for the FIBA AfroBasket 2024 qualifiers after winning the two-game series against hosts Equatorial Guinea
Africa Gabon Gabonese artist and designer Eddy Heindrickx Mayombo works mainly with discarded materials like paper and cardboard and an origami-like folding technique to create his pieces, which he has exhibited in Senegal, Burkina Faso and Russia
Africa Gabon IMF experts welcomed the efforts of Gabon's transitional authorities in managing public finances
Africa Gabon According to the maritime intelligence company Windward AI, the number of ships flying the Gabonese flag is increasing, quadrupling in the past month compared to the monthly average 2023
Africa Gabon Gabonese junta leader and transitional president Brice Oligui Nguema has recently concluded a dense diplomatic tour, working both to justify the August 2023 coup of his Government and to dispel fears that he intends to retain power indefinitely
Africa Gabon Opposition and civil society groups are mobilising in support of the Gabonese leader after a bloc of central African states refused to lift sanctions imposed on Gabon after the military ousted President Ali Ben Bongo in late August
Africa Gabon The country obtained a World Bank loan of $68,5 million to facilitate access to legal identity and digital services, with implementation of the project called 'Digital Gabon'
Africa Gabon An elderly French couple sold a mask dating back to the 19th century, which belonged to the Fang people of Gabon, for €150; only a dozen examples remain in the world, and some time later the object was auctioned for over €4 million
Africa Gabon Perenco Oil & Gas Gabon has opened its Batanga Liquefied Petroleum Gas plant, the second phase of a $50 million major gas development project in the country
Africa Gabon Gabon's military leader, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, visited Cameroon, calling on Central African states to lift economic sanctions on his country before the 2025 elections
Africa Gabon The ruling junta has paid the first instalment of the conservation fund that is a key part of a pioneering 'debt-for-nature' agreement to protect the coastal waters with the world's largest leatherback turtle population
Africa Gabon Presidential elections will be held in August 2025 to restore the constitutional order interrupted on 30 August 2023 in the wake of the controversial vote that led to the coup against Ali Bongo; the timetable was adopted in the council of ministers