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Free broadcast-quality video: Morocco-Gabon Forum 2017: Towards a South-South cooperation model

On the 14th and 15th of September, in Rabat, Morocco, Moroccan and Gabonese economic players are attending the Morocco-Gabon Forum 2017 whose main purpose is to contribute to the consolidation of economic and trade exchanges between Libreville and...

UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances issues findings on Gabon and Lithuania

The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances has published its findings on Gabon and Lithuania, which it reviewed during its latest session, held from 4 to 15 September in Geneva. The findings cover how the respective State is doing with regard to...

IMF Staff Completes Review Visit to Gabon

November 1, 2017 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the...

Secretary's Remarks: Gabon National Day

Press Statement attributable to Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State: On behalf of the United States of America, our best wishes to the people of Gabon on the occasion of the Gabonese Republic’s 57th Independence Day. The United States values its...

IMF Staff Completes Staff Visit to Gabon

Initial signs of economic recovery noted, but Gabon’s short-term outlook remains difficult. Arrears remain a drag on economic activity. Government expressed commitment to a rapid solution. Decisive Implementation will be key to ensure the success...

U.S., Gabonese Military Surgical Teams Partner During Training Exercise

By Army Staff Sgt. Shejal Pulivarti U.S. Army Africa LIBREVILLE, Gabon, June 28, 2017 — Performing surgery is inarguably a complicated and intricate task. However, regardless of location, the basic steps are the same. Three surgical professionals...

OTC Markets Group Welcomes BW Energy Limited to OTCQX

NEW YORK, April 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, today announced BW Energy Limited (Oslo Bors: BWE; OTCQX: BWERY, BWEFF), a...

IMF Executive Board Approves US$642 Million Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Gabon

On June 19, 2017, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a three-year extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Gabon for SDR 464.4 million (about US$642 million), or 215 percent of Gabon’s quota, in support of the...

IMF Staff Completes Staff Visit to Gabon

August 2, 2017 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the...

IMF Staff Initiates Discussions with Gabon toward a Possible Financial Arrangement

Gabon’s medium-term economic prospects remain strong thanks to recent efforts to diversify the economy and attract investment in strategic sectors. Staff encouraged the authorities to continue to pursue this strategy, which would help the economy...

VAALCO Schedules First Quarter 2025 Earnings Release and Conference Call

HOUSTON, April 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY; LSE: EGY) (“Vaalco” or the “Company”) today announced the timing of its first quarter 2025 earnings release and conference call. The Company will issue its first quarter...

Ashok Warrier concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Gabon

Shri Ashok Warrier, presently Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Gabon, with residence in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo). He is expected...

IMF Staff Initiates Discussions with Gabon toward a Possible Financial Arrangement

February 28, 2017 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent...

Policy debates on structural transformation billed for Gabon and Congo

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is organising a twin set of policy debates to begin mapping out pathways for structural transformation in Central Africa, notably in Gabon (8 December 2016 at Radisson Blu Hotel in Libreville) and in the...

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the occasion of the signing of the special agreement on the border dispute between the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and the Gabonese Republic

The Secretary-General hosted today a signing ceremony on the margins of the COP-22 in Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morocco, with the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, His Excellency Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, and the President of...

Gabon: 2012 Article IV Consultation

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the situation in the Gabonese Republic

As the Constitutional Court of the Gabonese Republic prepares to make its ruling on the disputes emanating from the presidential election of 27 August 2016, the Secretary-General calls on the authorities, including the security agencies, to fully...

Capacity Building Program for Officials of the Investment Promotion National Agency – ‘ANPI-Gabon’, Tunis (5th to 16th December 2016)

Within the framework of the institutional support offered by the Arab Bank for the Development of Africa "BADEA", the Tunisian Foreign Investment Promotion Agency "FIPA-Tunisia" (www.InvestInTunisia.tn) and the Tunisian Agency for Technical...

Africa Regional Media Hub | Election Results in Gabon

[Excerpted] QUESTION: Yeah. So yesterday you expressed concern for the results of the vote in Gabon. Since you expressed concern, the parliament has burned down, there’s been 1,000 arrests, opposition headquarters has been raided, and Ban Ki-moon...

Africa Regional Media Hub | United States Supports Proposed AU Mission to Gabon, Continues to Call for Calm

The United States remains concerned about the tense political situation in Gabon. We continue to call on all parties and their supporters to refrain from violence, inflammatory language, and aggression against all people living in Gabon,...