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RNews
April 15, 2018
Humewood detectives in Port Elizabeth on Friday said that they are urgently trying to trace a 48-year-old man from Gabon, who went missing during the early hours of Friday morning. According to police information, on Thursday, at about 15: 20, David Rene Roger Bellet-Brissaud and his wife booked intoÃâà...
Citizen
April 15, 2018
South African Police Service (SAPS) detectives attached to the Humewood police station in Port Elizabeth are urgently trying to find a 48-year-old man from Gabon who went missing during the early hours of Friday morning, Eastern Cape police said. According to police information, David Rene RogerÃâà...
Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine
April 13, 2018
HOUSTON – VAALCO Energy's production offshore Gabon improved to 3,957 b/d during 4Q 2017, following a maintenance turnaround in the previous quarter. Last November, the company completed workover operations on the South Tchibala 2-H and the South Tchibala 1-HB wells on the AvoumaÃâà...
Modern Diplomacy
April 13, 2018
This new interconnection infrastructure with Gabon gives the Republic of Congo a second fiber-optic connection point that will allow the country to ensure a relay connection in the event of a new breakdown of its submarine cable, which was commissioned in 2012, or of the Matombi connection point inÃâà...
Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine
April 13, 2018
OSLO, Norway – The first development well has been completed on the Tortue field in the Dussafu PSC offshore Gabon, according to partner Panoro Energy. Drilling of the DTM-2H oil production well started in late January. Logging results suggest the well was consistent with the pre-drill prognosis andÃâà...
africanews
April 13, 2018
Gabon: New hydrocarbon code. A panel of legal, economic and tax experts met in Gabon to look at ways of improving the existing law, which was put in place in 2014. Gabon plans to update its hydrocarbons law in order to attract new investment to the cash-strapped OPEC member's oil sector.
africanews
April 6, 2018
Its called the Central African Backbone (CAB) project for Congo- a project designed to improve digital and information communications technology operations in central Africa. Now, all is set for the commision of the Congo and Gabon fiber optic interconnection. ADVERTISING. inRead invented by Teads.
News24
March 10, 2018
The cabinet on Thursday endorsed a request by the defence ministry to pull out the country's troops in MINUSCA, "given the progressive return to peace and stability" there, according to a report of the meeting issued on Friday. Gabon contributes 444 troops to the 12 500 in MINUSCA, one of the UN'sÃâà...
Mail & Guardian
March 5, 2018
And now, like a number of other African countries, Gabon is dabbling in controversial constitutional reforms. Recent constitutional changes have marked a consolidation of what the opposition has called a “power grab”. The changes remove presidential term limits, effectively allowing President Ali BongoÃâà...
Xinhua
March 5, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's state-owned oil company Petronas on Monday announced a new oil and gas discovery from its Boudji-1 exploration well in Block F14 (Likuale), located in south Gabon. The energy firm said in a statement, the ultra-deepwater exploration well, drilled inÃâà...
Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine
March 5, 2018
Executive Vice President & Upstream CEO Datuk Mohd Anuar Taib said: “The discovery in Gabon is an encouraging development for Petronas, as we continue to pursue growth activities beyond Malaysia, in line with the strategy to expand our core oil and gas business by growing our resource base.”.
TNW
March 5, 2018
In a move to combat the growing scourge of elephant poaching in Gabon, the country's National Parks Agency (ANPN) has taken to fitting elephants with GPS-enabled tracking collars. The collars, according to the agency, will not only assist with tracking the elephants in order to fight poaching but also withÃâà...
The Independent
March 2, 2018
The government of Gabon have accused the multi-national environmental services group Veolia of widespread pollution in the country, terminating the company's contract to distribute water and electricity. Veolia, which owns 51% of Gabonese firm SEEG, has rejected the accusations and threatened legalÃâà...
MarketWatch
February 18, 2018
Gabon's Ministry for Water and Energy said that it had temporarily requisitioned the country's energy and water company, SEEG, which is majority owned by France's Veolia Environnement SA (VIE.FR). The ministry said on Friday that it was terminating SEEG's water-and-electricity concession, in part due toÃâà...
TIME
February 13, 2018
A baby in Gabon has been returned to her family after being held for five months over an unpaid hospital bill. Angel was freed after the bill of roughly $3,630 was settled by a public campaign launched on the family's behalf, the BBC reports. The unpaid bill was for the 35 days she spent in an incubator afterÃâà...
African Arguments
December 31, 1999
Gabon's parliament building was set on fire. The police's response to the demonstrations led to several deaths and hundreds of arrests. Despite concerns over the judiciary's independence, Ping challenged the results in the Constitutional Court. In late-September, the judges decided to uphold Bongo'sÃâà...
africanews
December 31, 1999
Civil society groups in Gabon are demanding the unconditional release of all political prisoners and kidnapped persons in the country. An Amnesty International report published in February condemned the lack of freedom of expression in the Central African nation. The report also cited arbitrary arrests andÃâà...
News24
December 31, 1999
Libreville - Gabon on Tuesday accused Veolia of polluting in the country as the government and the French company wage an increasingly bitter dispute in public over the cancellation of a contract for water and electricity distribution. "There is considerable environmental damage at almost all of the sitesÃâà...
