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Economic Prowess Dominates Diplomatic Precision: An Overview of King Mohammed VI’s Tour of Africa South of the Sahara

Increasingly in recent months, international politics has been split down the red line of foreign policy--a demarcation dividing the EU and the US from...
New York Forum Africa 2013: The ICC, judicial colonialism in Africa?

New York Forum Africa 2013: The ICC, judicial colonialism in Africa?

At a debate on "independence" in Africa during the second edition of the New York Forum Africa 2013 in Libreville, Gabon, the Rwandan minister...
Africa, a “myriad” of markets

Africa, a “myriad” of markets

Africa is consuming, but not enough. The products arriving on African markets do not necessarily match demand. It is all happening too slowly. These...
NYF Africa 2013: “We are not beggars,” says Ali Bongo

NYF Africa 2013: “We are not beggars,” says Ali Bongo

The Gabonese president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, speaking on Friday at the 2nd edition of the New York Forum Africa, invited Africans to work for...
New-York Forum Africa: going forward

New-York Forum Africa: going forward

From 14 to 16 June, Libreville moves to the beat of the second New-York Forum Africa. The success of the first forum, in June...
Gabon: Is the gouvernement  seeking  to eliminate physically the leaders of the opposition?

Gabon: Is the gouvernement seeking to eliminate physically the leaders of the opposition?

According to the leaders of the Union of Forces for Change (UFC), the names of the politicians and their supporters are on the...
Untangling Central Africa for business

Untangling Central Africa for business

As the proper role of government continue to debated in much of the free world, Africans, and in particular Central Africans can only...
Africans are primitive, pet-eaters and child-killers…

Africans are primitive, pet-eaters and child-killers…

A veteran novelist, VS Naipaul is stirring controversy over his recent book on Africa and its people. Since the tasteless headline of The Economist...
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Gabon: Ali Bongo signals the end of France-Afrique

Confirming his desire to distance himself from France, Gabonese president Ali Bongo looks determined to break away from his father's legacy. After festivities marking...
Gabon: Ali Bongo vows to fight corruption

Gabon: Ali Bongo vows to fight corruption

Gabon’s president, Ali Bongo, intends to use his country’s two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council to highlight democratic reforms and his fight...
Mixed reactions to Africa Cup of Nations draw

Mixed reactions to Africa Cup of Nations draw

Africa's prestigious football tournament's 2012 draw conducted last Saturday in DR Congo southern city of Lubumbashi has drawn interesting reactions. The 2012 Africa Cup of...
Gabon-France: Ali Bongo’s visit to help restore France’s image?

Gabon-France: Ali Bongo’s visit to help restore France’s image?

Newly elected Gabonese President, Ali Bongo Ondimba, will be on an official visit to France, Friday, and will be conferring wih French President, Nicolas...
Suspension of six newspapers in Gabon condemned

Suspension of six newspapers in Gabon condemned

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the suspension of six private newspapers by the government-controlled media-monitoring body, the National Communications Council, in Gabon. The...
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Freemason Presidents in Africa: Ali Bongo ordained Grand Master of Gabon

The grand master of the National Grand Lodge of France (GLNF) installed Ali Bongo as the head of Gabonese Freemasonry, a couple of weeks...
Gabon: Court confirms Ali Bongo as late President Omar Bongo’s successor

Gabon: Court confirms Ali Bongo as late President Omar Bongo’s successor

After a contentious election marathon, the election of Ali Bongo as president of the Republic of Gabon was confirmed Monday night by the country’s...
Gabon: Presidential election vote recount begins

Gabon: Presidential election vote recount begins

Gabon's Constitutional Court Tuesday embarked on a vote re-count in the presence of opposition candidates who complained of fraud and rigging, during the August...
Gabon: United opposition leaders put pressure on Constitutional Court

Gabon: United opposition leaders put pressure on Constitutional Court

The Gabonese opposition Thursday demanded the country’s Constitutional Court to annul the August 30 presidential election, alleging widespread irregularities. They also plan to take...
Gabon: A Bongo family-run Constitutional court to rule on electoral fraud

Gabon: A Bongo family-run Constitutional court to rule on electoral fraud

A deadline set by the Gabonese Constitutional Court to gather electoral fraud complaints from opposition candidates, after the August 31 presidential election, ended Saturday....
Paris: New step in “ill-gotten gains” scandal involving 3 African leaders

Paris: New step in “ill-gotten gains” scandal involving 3 African leaders

The Board of Inquiry at the Paris Court of Appeal will issue its decision on whether to open a criminal investigation against three African...
Gabon: André Mba sought coup support from Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon…

Gabon: André Mba sought coup support from Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon…

Francis Sala Ngouah Beaud, a journalist and former member of Andre Mba Obame’s (who came in second in the August 30 election) campaign team,...
Gabon: Opposition leaders face travel ban

Gabon: Opposition leaders face travel ban

Gabonese authorities have banned members of opposition political parties from leaving the country. Paul Mba Abessole, head of the Rally for Gabon (RPG), was...
Violence in Gabon: No end in sight

Violence in Gabon: No end in sight

Gabonese are refusing to accept the Bongo dynasty without a fight as vandalism and civil break down continue to destabilize the country in the...
Gabon: Electoral democracy justifies electoral dynasty

Gabon: Electoral democracy justifies electoral dynasty

News of the presidential victory of Mr. Ali Bongo, son of Late Gabon president, Omar Bongo, as new leader of Gabon, came as little...
Gabon: French residents, Consulate and oil interests under attack

Gabon: French residents, Consulate and oil interests under attack

"I am and always will remain the president of all Gabonese," the new president, Ali Bongo, declared following the proclamation of his victory Thursday...
Violence erupts in Gabon after Ali Bongo wins election, main contenders injured another flees

Violence erupts in Gabon after Ali Bongo wins election, main contenders injured another flees

The interior minister of Gabon, Jean François Ndongou, announced Thursday noon that Ali Bongo had won the presidential elections. A result that his contenders...
Startling Gabonese election

Startling Gabonese election

Only a month ago, the Gabonese presidential election seemed like it held a sure victory for Ali Bongo. Son of the late Omar Bongo...
Gabon: Fear of post-electoral violence grips Libreville

Gabon: Fear of post-electoral violence grips Libreville

According to the President of the Autonomous and Permanent National Electoral Commission (CENAP), Rene Aboghé Ella, results of Sunday's presidential election will be announced...
Gabon: Three candidates declare themselves winners

Gabon: Three candidates declare themselves winners

Gabonese were at the polls, Sunday, to elect a new president to replace Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died last June after spending 41 years...
Gabon: Obame, a new threat to the Bongo dynasty

Gabon: Obame, a new threat to the Bongo dynasty

Eleven Gabonese presidential candidates and Gabon's largest ethnic group, Fang, has opted to throw their weight on one of the presidential candidates, so as...
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Gabonese flock en masse out of capital

As the August 30 presidential election draws closer, residents of Libreville, capital of Gabon, have been moving en masse to the countryside. They are...