For more than 20 years, Gabonese loggers have been trying to meet the environmental criteria set by the international community; according to them, the new rules on padouk exports were adopted without taking into account the reality on the ground

All the candidacies presented by the movement Reappropriation of Gabon and its Independence for its Reconstruction REAGIR party for the elections scheduled for 27 September have been annulled by the Constitutional Court, AGP reported

National goal of energy independence and universal access within ten years is pursued with new deals, as with Turkish Aksa Energy for design, financing, construction and operation of a 1.000MW gas power plant; the state utility SEEG still poses hurdles

Full membership of Gabon within the Commonwealth has been restored: it had been partially suspended in 2023 out of violation of the democratic principles of the Charter; progress towards fulfilling obligations remains in the agenda of upcoming meetings

2nd One Forest Youth Forum, a pan-African initiative of youth environmental engagement, will open today in Libreville; 1.500 young leaders will discuss "Engaging African Youth in Green Volunteering to Protect Forest Ecosystems and Preserve Biodiversity"