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

An intensive training in environmental and investigative journalism started in Libreville; organized by NGO WildAid with the Ministry of Communication, it aims to improve media coverage of nature conservation, environmental governance, eco-crimes

The wife of Ali Bongo, ousted leader whose family ruled Gabon for 55 years, had been accused of manipulating her husband to embezzle taxpayers' money and has been sentenced to 20 years for graft together with their son Noureddin after a two-day trial

President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema chaired the ceremony for the distribution of computers to students of universities and grandes écoles, young entrepreneurs, influencers as part of the program “1 student – ​​1 computer”

The ban on single-use plastic bags has come into force in supermarkets in the municipalities of Akanda, Libreville and Owendo, press reports; the measure comes after a four-month awareness campaign launched on June 23