Topic: Gabon

New opportunities, same risks in Central Africa

Central Africa has lately been attracting some unfamiliar attention. Discoveries of large mineral deposits and other opportunities have brought a ...

Cranes Must Top Group to Qualify

Even before Cranes kick a ball in their quest to qualify for the Nations Cup for the first time in 34 years, convoluted mathematics may - like in...

Burkina Faso Announce Gabon Friendly

The Burkina Faso Football Federation (FBF) announced on Monday that the Stallions are set to play a friendly match against Gabon - co-host nation...

Gabonese unions call off general strike

Trade unions in Gabon on Friday called off a planned general strike after the government met their demands for price cuts in electricity, gas and water, union spokesman Fridolin Mve Messa said."We have signed an agreement with the government. The strike h

Unions give Gabon's government a strike warning

Gabon's trade unions on Friday warned the government that it had one week to lower the prices of electricity, water, gas and cement or face a general strike from August 27, union leaders said."We have given the government a week to commit ...

France, Gabon ties no longer exclusive: Bongo

Gabon's president said Wednesday France could no longer rely on its once-special relationship with his African nation, days after it signed huge contracts with India and Singapore."France has partners, African states also have partners. They are not exclu

Gabon celebrates 50 years of independence

Gabon marked its 50th anniversary of independence from France on Tuesday with a grand military parade of some 7,000 men on the Libreville seafront watched by invited heads of state.Troops of the French forces stationed in Gabon as well as soldiers from ...

Gabonese Republic's National Day

On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of the Gabonese Republic on the 50th anniversary of...

Elephants fear humans more than dynamite

ELEPHANTS are not fazed by dynamite explosions, but change their behaviour significantly to avoid humans. That is the finding of a major study of...
At 2.1 billion years old, a new fossil from Gabon, West Africa, could be the earliest known multicellular life...