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Ceasefire deal sealed
Topix - Saturday, May 10, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The agreement will take effect immediately" The Central African Republic government and the country's main rebel group yesterday signed a ceasefire agreement in a bid to end three years of unrest, a government spokesman said. via The Herald ... more
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GABON : The Gabon Cup will take place of the 7 to May 11 to Port-Gentil
Topix - Friday, May 09, 2008
p> The FEGABAB thanks the League of the Maritime Ogoou that accepted to take the organization in charge convenient of this competition. via Basketball in Africa ... more
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Corrections and clarifications
Topix - Wednesday, May 07, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"I can never tell the difference between a dunnock and a house sparrow" Gabon drifted from the west coast of Africa into the centre of the continent on a map accompanying an article about the country's president . via Guardian Unlimited ... more
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Papa Bongo's 40 years in power
Topix - Monday, May 05, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"This is Bongo's main secret to remaining in power for 40 years: corruption" Omar Bongo heads on of the world's richest first families. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters There are many ways of measuring Omar Bongo's rule. via Guardian Unlimited ... more
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Mid Morning
Topix - Friday, May 02, 2008
p> The market appears to be pricing in the chance that Argentina could default on its sovereign debt . via Random Roger's Big Picture ... more
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Jean Ping Takes Over AU Commission From Konaré
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 29, 2008
ormer Malian President Alpha Ouma Konare, who has served as chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC) since 2003, handed over power to Jean Ping, former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Gabon yesterday at the headquarters of the ... more
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Police Beat TV Cameraman Who Filmed Police Attack On Protest Organiser
allAfrica.com - Monday, April 28, 2008
eporters Without Borders condemns the beating which cameraman Claude Aba Mboula of privately-owned TV station Télé Africa received from police when he filmed police violence during a street protest against cost of living increases in Libreville on 25 ... more
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Killing children a political ritual
Topix - Thursday, April 24, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"An 8-year-old girl was snatched in Ndolou department and killed in Mouila. The man allegedly responsible was a candidate to Parliament who entered the government after this crime." "When the body of 13-year-old Ralph Edang N'na was found drained of blood and with gaping wounds in... more
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Survivor may return to Africa to film season 17 in Gabon
Topix - Tuesday, April 22, 2008
p> The rumored location for the first season to be shot in HD is Gabon, or the Gabonese Republic, which is located in western Africa on the Atlantic Ocean and borders the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon. via Reality Blurred ... more
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Maputo to host conference on Education in Africa
Topix - Sunday, April 20, 2008
p> The 2008 biennial conference on Education in Africa will be held in Maputo, Mozambique, 5-9 May, according to the organisers, Association for the Development of Education in Africa . via Panapress ... more
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Gabon seeks Nepad support
Topix - Friday, April 18, 2008
p> Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Nepad e-schools stakeholder conference, held in Kempton Park, yesterday, Gabon education minister Michel Menga said his government committed three billion Gabonese francs ... via ITWeb ... more
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Gabon election raises fears of ritual killings
Topix - Wednesday, April 16, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"It's before elections and ministerial reshuffles that the vilest crimes are committed and the capital empties of certain kinds of politicians who go to the interior to carry out witchcraft" When the body of 13-year-old Ralph Edang N'na was found drained of blood and with gaping... more
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Statement of an IMF Staff Mission at the Conclusion of a Visit to Gabon
Topix - Tuesday, April 15, 2008
p> A staff mission from the International Monetary Fund headed by Mr. Cyrille Brianon visited Libreville from March 26-April 8, 2008 to conduct policy discussions and examine developments in Gabon's reform program ... via International Monetary Fund ... more
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Dubai World explores investment opportunities in Gabon
Topix - Sunday, April 13, 2008
p> Dubai World Chairman Mr. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem on Thursday, met H.E. El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, the President of Gabon, during his visit to the country. via AME Info ... more
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Sudan: UNAMID Intensifies Political Dialogue With Govt
Topix - Friday, April 11, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"To support and monitor the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement and any subsequent agreements." Joint Special Representative of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, held a series of high-level talks with Sudanese officials, in the course of the last two days, to coordinate activities... more
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Chad fears Sudan rebel attack
Topix - Wednesday, April 09, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Al-Beshir's aim is not only to destabilise Chad but in time the entire central African region in line with an Islamic expansionism that does not speak its name" Thousands of rebels massed in Sudan are about to attack neighbouring Chad in an attempt to destabilise it,... more
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Shell Gabon Resumes Partial Crude Oil Production After Government Request
Topix - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
p> Shell Gabon resumed partial oil production after the central African nation's government requested it restart pumping following a strike, said Managing Director Hans Bakker . via Bloomberg ... more
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Dr. Schweitzer's Message
Topix - Sunday, April 06, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The greatest evil is to destroy life, to injure life, to repress life that is capable of development." Dr. Albert Schweitzer in 1959. LAMBARENE, Gabon-I first learned of Dr. Albert Schweitzer's work when I was a medical student in the 1960s. via The Epoch Times... more
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The city of Libreville will start building the new basilica this year.
Topix - Friday, April 04, 2008
p> Translated with permission by the Prague Daily Monitor Czech architect Alena MocovA 's winning design of a new basilica for Libreville, Gabon, combines features of the Gothic arch and Brazilian architecture of ... via Prague Daily Monitor ... more
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Gabon Receives Assistance for Biodiversity And National Parks Management
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
he World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a project that will help protect and manage biodiversity in a sustainable way and contribute to the diversification of the national economy through strengthened capacities of parks and wildlife authorities in ... more
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