PSD Blog - World Bank Group (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
IFC announced yesterday that it will issue a $43m local currency bond in Central Africa, a first for the World Bank institution, and also a first for a non-local financial institution. This is IFC's second local currency bond in Sub-Saharan Africa, following its issuance of a West African Kola Bond in late 2006: The 20 billion Central African francs ($43 million equivalent), five-year tenor bond will...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
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. Well dressed, a doll in the hands of some trafficking victims, and others holding a photo, these children left the Gabonese capital Libreville under strict escort. The UNICEF representatives, Gabon's Ministry of Labor officials and host families...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
A few years on, residents in disadvantaged areas of Libreville no longer look twice at the men and women wearing overalls, boots and protective masks as they push their wheelbarrows full of bin bags through the streets of the capital.
John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
I am grateful to Simon Mann and Mark Thatcher for one thing. They have made it marginally easier to remember the capitals of smaller African countries, a subset of general knowledge of which I am fond but in which I am deficient. There is a better chance now that Malabo will stick in my mind, not least because I know that it is on the island of Bioko, formerly Fernando Po, which is part of the territory...
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Abuja, Libreville - UAE Foreign Minister HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said that his visits to Nigeria and Gabon were part of the contacts with the friendly African countries to further boost cooperation with the UAE. The remarks were
Macclesfield Pub Quiz League (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Which fish has the Latin name Anguilla Anguilla? A. The Eel 2. Name the female presenter of BBC's Autumnwatch? A. Kate Humble 3. Canaletto's paintings largely featured Venice and which other city? A. London Who was the first celebrity voted off this year's Strictly Come Dancing? A. Martina Hingis 5. Who scored the winner in the recent Manchester derby? A. Michael Owen 6. Which bird has the Latin name...
Secondo Protocollo UK (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
A Ghanaian registered ship which was intercepted last week with nearly three hundred would-be migrants from Benin en route Gabon has been escorted out of Gabon’s territorial waters and sent back to Benin. Reports have said that the ship was boarded on 18 October off Cape Esterias, near Libreville, with a fee of 400,000 CFA francs [...]
People Daily (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Power transfer from the interim president of Gabon, Rose Francine Rogombe, to the new-elected president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, took place on Friday at the Presidential Palace in the seaside capital Libreville. The hand-over ceremony was held in the presence of Constitutional Court President Marie Madeleine Mborantso, Speaker of the National Assembly Guy Nzouba Ndama and the interim Senate president, Leonard...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
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. &$ &$Ali Bongo Ondimba, the victor of Gabon's presidential elections, takes oath of office on Friday at the Presidential...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Ali Bongo, the son of the late President Omar Bongo Ondimba, was sworn in Friday in Libreville as President of Gabon after officially winning the 30 August election with 41.79% of votes. When taking the oath, he swore to devote himself to the well being of the Gabonese people “to preserve them from any harm, to [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- The son of Gabon's longtime dictator was sworn in as president following disputed elections that opposition candidates said were fraudulent.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
This Friday will take place in Libreville in presence of 10 heads of states the swearing of Ali Bongo Ondimba, elected August 30. The new head of state will be the third president elected in Gabon since 1960.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Togo's head of state Faure Gnassingbe is to attend the presidential inauguration of Ali Bongo Ondimba in the Gabonese capital Libreville on Friday, according to the presidential office. Ali Bongo was elected Gabon's president in the Aug. 30 polls. His inauguration takes place after the Constitutional Court confirmed his win in the race on Monday. In a message sent to Ali Bongo on Sept. 5, Gnassingbe...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon's Constitutional Court rejected on Monday challenges launched by the opposition to Ali Ben Bongo's victory in an August presidential election, paving the way for Ben Bongo to replace his father as president.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
The Panthers dealt a deflating loss to the Atlas Lions in Libreville as they beat the visitors by a two goal margin and qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
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