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Mar
11
2024
By The African Mirror
Central African bloc lifts Gabon sanctions

Central African bloc lifts Gabon sanctions

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THE Economic Community of Central African States agreed to lift sanctions on Gabon and reintegrate it into the regional bloc, six months after suspending its membership in response to a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo. Member states decided at a meeting in neighbouring Equatorial Guinea, Gabon's Foreign Minister Regis Onanga Ndiaye said in a televised address late on Saturday. There was no statement from the bloc, but in a post on X Burundi's Foreign Minister Albert Shingiro confirmed an agreement to lift sanctions was reached at the meeting, which he had attended. Soon after the August 30 coup, the bloc…
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Nov
01
2023
By The African Mirror
US to evict Gabon, Niger, Uganda and Central African Republic from trade program

US to evict Gabon, Niger, Uganda and Central African Republic from trade program

NEWS
U.S. President Joe Biden said that he intends to end the participation of Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade program. Biden said he was taking the step because of "gross violations" of internationally recognized human rights by the Central African Republic and Uganda. He also cited Niger and Gabon's failure to establish or make continual progress toward the protection of political pluralism and the rule of law. "Despite intensive engagement between the United States and the Central African Republic, Gabon, Niger, and Uganda, these countries have failed to address…
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Oct
13
2023
By The African Mirror
Wife of Gabon’s deposed leader Ali Bongo jailed, AFP reports

Wife of Gabon’s deposed leader Ali Bongo jailed, AFP reports

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The wife of Gabon's deposed leader Ali Bongo has been jailed, the AFP news agency said in a post on social media platform X, citing a lawyer. Gabon army officers seized power on August 30, annulling an election minutes after an announcement that President Ali Bongo had won, which they said was not credible. Bongo, in power since 2009, had succeeded his father Omar Bongo, who ruled for 42 years.
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Mar
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Gabon transport minister resigns in wake of ferry accident

Gabon transport minister resigns in wake of ferry accident

NEWS
GABON'S transport minister stepped down, the presidency said, one week after more than 20 people were killed in a ferry accident that sparked outrage across the West African nation. The presidency's statement did not say why Brice Paillat handed in his notice. But it followed widespread calls for his resignation over the sinking of the Esther Miracle ferry close to the coastal village of Nyonie on March 9. The boat was carrying 161 passengers from Libreville to Port-Gentil, although there are unconfirmed reports more people were on board and that it was overloaded with merchandise. The government has not responded…
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Mar
14
2023
By The African Mirror
Gabon ferry tragedy: 31 missing

Gabon ferry tragedy: 31 missing

NEWS
GABONESE authorities were searching on Monday for 31 people still missing after a ferry sank last week just off the coast of the central African country, killing six people. The Esther Miracle ferry was carrying 161 passengers from Libreville to Port-Gentil when it sank on March 9 close to the coastal village of Nyonie. "We have not stopped the search operations, we have continued them since the first day. As we speak, a boat is at the area with diving teams which are locating the shipwreck," Gabon's Prime Minister Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze told state broadcaster Gabon 1ere on Sunday.…
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Feb
15
2023
By The African Mirror
Gabon president proposes cutting presidential mandate to five years

Gabon president proposes cutting presidential mandate to five years

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GABON President Ali Bongo proposed shortening the presidential mandate from seven to five years as he began consultations to prepare for elections this year and measures to prevent violence. More than two days of deadly unrest followed Gabon's last elections in 2016 after the opposition rejected Ali Bongo's victory and alleged fraud. "On the eve of future general elections, I have today decided to set the term of office for all elections to five years," Bongo said on Monday. The move will require constitutional reform and a vote in parliament. Sixty-four-year-old Bongo has been president of the oil-producing West African…
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Mar
10
2023
By The African Mirror
Côte d’Ivoire and Gabon lead Africa in closing labour gender gaps

Côte d’Ivoire and Gabon lead Africa in closing labour gender gaps

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CONRAD ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY CÔTE d'Ivoire and Gabon are inching closer to being the first African countries to grant women full equal opportunities in their labour markets. Theirs are the only economies on the continent to have scored above 90 in the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law Index, which evaluates a range of laws affecting women's access to economic opportunities, across 190 countries. The lifting of restrictions on hiring women in Côte d'Ivoire is among major gender reforms that have increased that country's overall score to 95, according to the report. Other gender-related reforms enacted by Cote…
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Jan
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Gabon’s foreign minister dies of heart attack

Gabon’s foreign minister dies of heart attack

NEWS
GABON'S Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo died of a heart attack, President Ali Bongo said in a statement. Three government sources said that he was in a council of ministers meeting when he suffered the cardiac attack. He was rushed to the hospital and died shortly after midday despite specialist treatment, said a government statement. "He was a very great diplomat, a true statesman. For me, he was, first of all, a friend, loyal and faithful, whom I could always count on," said Bongo on Twitter. Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Jan
11
2023
By The African Mirror
Gabon names vice-president and new prime minister

Gabon names vice-president and new prime minister

NEWS
GABON'S President Ali Bongo appointed the country's first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to the role of vice-president and named a new PM to replace her, his secretary general said. Ossouka Raponda, 59, was appointed in July 2020 after her predecessor stepped down. She was defence minister before that. She had to navigate a delicate political scene as prime minister after a coup attempt in 2019 while Bongo was on prolonged medical leave following a stroke. Former minister Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze will replace Ossouka Raponda and form a new government, Bongo's secretary general Jean-Yves Teale said in…
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Jul
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Gabon appoints first woman prime minister amid government shakeup

Gabon appoints first woman prime minister amid government shakeup

NEWS
GABON President Ali Bongo has promoted his defence minister, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, to prime minister, the first time a woman has held the role in the country. Ossouka Raponda, 56, is the sixth prime minister appointed since Bongo succeeded his father in 2009. Her first job is to form a new government after her predecessor, Julien Nkoghe Bekale, stepped down earlier in the day. She will take on two major challenges: declining oil production and prices, which have weighed on growth in recent years, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Central African country has registered nearly 6,000 cases to date.…
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