Bongo family accuses Gabonese authorities of torture in French court

The Bongo family, the former rulers of Gabon, have provided video evidence before a French court on allegations of torture and arbitrary detention, following their ousting in the country's 2023 military coup. Former president Ali Bongo, his wife...

After successful Mauritania pilot, gov’t to issue ID cards to Gambians in Gabon, Congo and Togo

- Advertisement - By Tabora Bojang Interior Minister Abdoulie Sanyang has disclosed that following the successful issuance of national identity cards to Gambians in Mauritania, the government is planning to dispatch another team to Gabon, Congo...

Gabon secures $3.8 billion Afreximbank pact for gold, manganese and energy projects

Gabon has signed a $3.8 billion memorandum of understanding with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to fund major national development projects across mining, energy, and transport sectors. The agreement, formalized during Afreximbank’s...

Gabon's BGFI Holding to List on BVMAC July 15

(Business in Cameroon) - BGFI Holding will launch its initial public offering (IPO) on the Central African Stock Exchange (BVMAC) on July 15, 2025. The announcement came during an extraordinary general meeting held on June 25, 2025, at the...

Nigeria, Gabon Move to Deepen Diplomatic, Economic Relations

Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu yesterday played host to his Gabonese counterpart, President Brice Oligui Nguema, at the State House in Abuja, as the two leaders held talks aimed at strengthening diplomatic relations and deepening...

Egypt Delivers Medical Aid to Gabonese Ministry of Health in Support of Bilateral Health Cooperation

Sat 28 Jun 2025 | 01:26 AM In a renewed gesture of African solidarity and health diplomacy, Egypt’s Ambassador to Gabon, Reham Hussein Ammar, officially handed over a consignment of Egyptian medical aid to Gabon’s Minister of Health, as part of...

Tinubu Meets Gabonese President Nguema

President Bola Tinubu on Friday played host to his Gabonese counterpart, President Brice Oligui Nguema at the State House in Abuja, as the two leaders held talks aimed at strengthening diplomatic relations and deepening economic cooperation...

PICTORIAL: Tinubu receives Gabonese President in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, received the President of Gabon, Brice Oligui Nguema, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This was according to a terse statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,...

Nigeria, Gabon Strengthen Bilateral Ties As Tinubu, Nguema Meet At Aso Villa

June 27, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has met with his Gabonese counterpart, Brice Oligui Nguema, at the State House in Abuja. The strategic meeting, held behind closed doors, focused on strengthening diplomatic relations and economic...

Gabon: Libreville ends decade-long water crisis with new station

A new drinking water pumping station in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, has ended a decade long struggle to ensure a stable and clean supply for tens of thousands of people. This past week, Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema and...

PHOTOS: Tinubu Receives Gabon President Nguema In Abuja

The development was confirmed through a brief statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. No further details were shared by the presidential aide regarding the meeting. Tinubu and Gabonese...

Developing and preserving Gabon’s wealth to improve living standards: WB report

Gabon improves urban Infrastructure, reduces flood risk in secondary cities

13 june 2025 - 10:07:41 MA/AR 437 Views Panafrican News Agency Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $150 million for the Gabon Urban Development project (in French: “Projet d’aménagement et de développement des Infrastructures du...

President Nguema and AfDB’s Adesina launch major water infrastructure project in Gabon

Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema and African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina on Monday jointly inaugurated a new drinking water pumping station, marking the end of a decade-long water crisis in PK5, a densely populated...

Report exposes safety complaints preceding fatal Perenco explosion in Gabon

On March 20, 2024, six people lost their lives on the Becuna offshore oil platform following an explosion. According to the Environmental Investigation Agency, employees had previously raised concerns about security issues on the platform that...

Trump’s African leaders summit focuses on deportation deals

The US pushed five West African countries whose leaders were invited to a special summit in Washington this week to accept migrants deported from America, The Wall Street Journal reported. Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal...

Trump’s African summit was a masterclass in modern colonial theatre

On July 9, United States President Donald Trump opened a three-day mini summit at the White House with the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal – by subjecting his distinguished guests to a carefully staged public...

Chimpanzee tool use documented for the first time in remote Gabon park

Marvellous footage captured in January of this year in a farflung corner of Gabon’s Batéké Plateau National Park shows an inquisitive female chimpanzee probing a camera trap with a stick: Captured by Gabon’s National Agency for National Parks...

Mahama receives credentials of five new envoys

President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday, received the Letters of Credence of five newly appointed envoys accredited to Ghana from Portugal, Seychelles, Venezuela, Chad and Gabon. Letters of Credence are official diplomatic documents presented to...

President Mahama receives credentials of five new envoys

By Iddi Yire Accra, July 10, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday, received the Letters of Credence of five newly appointed envoys accredited to Ghana from Portugal, Seychelles, Venezuela, Chad and Gabon. Letters of Credence are...