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Gabon elections: how the Bongo family's 56-year rule has hurt the country and divided the opposition

Gabon’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba (2009-present) recently announced his intention to stand for re-election in the country’s presidential poll scheduled for 26 August. He is, to state the obvious, expected to win.

The Conversation

UAE leaders congratulate Gabon President on Independence Day

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, on the occasion of his country's Independence Day, observed on August 17. Read further on Dynamite news:

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A $500 million deal to restore Gabon's coast reignites climate finance debate

Gabon is refinancing $500 million of its debt through a deal aimed at directing more funds to ocean management

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African cadets 'proud' to march alongside French counterparts on Bastille Day

For the first time, students from military academies on the African continent were invited to take part in France's 14 July Bastille Day parade. RFI met them on the eve of the big day, as they were putting the final touches to their steps and calming their nerves.

Radio France Internationale

Oil Prices Predicted to Recover Amidst Global Economic Rebound

The average price of ICE Brent crude oil in the second quarter of 2023 (April 1 - June 30, 2023) remained stable at $77.75 per barrel, indicating tighter supply in the market compared to the previous quarter. Following the OPEC and its allies (OPEC+) meeting on April 3, 2023, a…

Bangkok Post

Uganda detains 20 militia 'collaborators' after student massacre

In tonight's edition: Twenty people are arrested in Uganda, suspected of collaborating with the notorious militia group blamed for last week's tragic and deadly school attack. Also, a phone application is saving lives in Gabon by linking potential blood donors to those who need an urgent transfusion. And as Senegalese…

France 24

Ireland Under-21 opponents in no-show; manager Jim Crawford reacts to Gabon's decision to ditch game

Ireland were due to play Gabon in an Under-21 friendly in Austria on Tuesday - but the African side decided at late notice not to travel.

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Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang drops Barcelona transfer hint

The Gabon forward has endured a difficult season at Stamford Bridge and has hinted he could return to former club Barcelona

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Three missing from burning tanker off Malaysia

Three crew members are missing from a Gabon-registered tanker that caught fire on Monday in the South China Sea, a Malaysian maritime enforcement agency official said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Three crew missing after blaze on ageing tanker off Malaysia

Malaysian maritime authorities were searching on Tuesday for three crew missing from a Gabon-registered tanker a day after the 26-year-old vessel caught fire in waters off the southern coast.

Reuters

Three crew missing after tanker catches fire off Malaysia

Three crew members of a Gabon-registered tanker were missing after the vessel caught fire on Monday in waters off Malaysia's southern coast, Malaysian maritime authorities said.

Reuters

Soccer-Thirty years on, Zambia mourns national team killed in plane crash

Zambian football will on Friday commemorate the 30th anniversary of the plane crash that wiped out almost of all the national team, mourning the loss of a golden generation that players say inspired the nation to later victories.

Reuters

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's remarks on Thierry Henry backfire after his insult to Arsenal

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang raised eyebrows when he compared himself to Thierry Henry and it was a remark that has since backfired in spectacular fashion for the Gabon international

Irish Mirror

Sir Mo Farah prepares for his final London Marathon with low-key showing in Gabon

The big race in England takes place on 23 April

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Al Jazeera

Gabon ends search mission for missing ferry passengers

Seven people are still missing after a boat capsized on March 9, killing 30 passengers.

Daily Mirror

LAFC hero Denis Bouanga nets winning goal just an hour after landing in Los Angeles

MLS Cup champions LAFC won again on Saturday night, but their game-winning goal came from a player who wasn't even in the continent until two hours before the match

Reuters

At least 21 confirmed dead in Gabon ferry accident

Search teams in Gabon have recovered the dead bodies of 15 passengers of a ferry that sank off the West African country's coast last week, bringing the provisional death toll up to 21, the coordinator of rescue operations said on Tuesday.

France 24

Civilians continue to flee fighting in eastern DR Congo

In tonight's edition: Vigils continue for the dozens missing in a ferry accident off the coast of Gabon's capital. Also, delegates for the UN Security Council meet some of the thousands displaced by ongoing clashes in eastern DR Congo. Finally, a new exhibition is set up in Senegal to bear…

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Lebanon Says it Regains UN Voting Rights after Paying Dues

Lebanon has regained UN voting rights after paying dues for 2022 and 2023, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after the country, which is in deep financial crisis, lost its rights at the world body for the second time in three years. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a Jan. 17…

Radio France Internationale

France, NGOs pledge €100m to protect world's tropical forests

President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France and two non-profits would contribute 100 million euros to an "action plan" for preserving the world's tropical forests.

France 24

Guinea, Ivory Coast repatriate citizens from Tunisia

In tonight's edition: as hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants are attacked or made homeless in Tunisia after a racist presidential speech last week, Guinea sends a plane to repatriate some of its nationals. Other countries are set to follow suit. Also, France's president pledges €50 million in Gabon to help…

Radio France Internationale

Macron vows era of French interference in Africa is over

The era of French interference in African affairs is "well over", President Emmanuel Macron said in Gabon on Thursday during his four-nation tour of central Africa.

The Independent UK

At Gabon talks, a debate on who pays to save world's forests

A summit on how to protect the world’s largest forests underway in Gabon is set to be dominated by the issue of who pays for the protection and reforesting of lands that are home to some of the world’s most diverse species and contribute to limiting planet-warming emissions

France 24

France's Macron kicks off four-nation Africa tour in Gabon

In tonight's edition: Nigeria's ruling APC party stays in control after Bola Tinubu is named winner of the presidential election. Also, French President Emmanuel Macron touches down in Gabon at the start of a central African tour. And we meet one of Senegal's e-sporting stars: Dexx Junior is hoping to…

France 24

Earth’s ‘green lung’ rainforests take centre stage at talks in Gabon

The sixth annual One Planet Summit begins on Wednesday, with the fate of forests at the top of the agenda. Politicians, scientists and NGOs will meet in Libreville, Gabon, to discuss the future of rainforests in the Congo basin, Southeast Asia and the Amazon basin – and whether countries in…

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