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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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US Sponsors Steady Bongo Tour
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
orking with the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, the United Stats Government is proud to sponsor another nationwide HIV/AIDS tour by internationally acclaimed musicians Steady Bongo and his Cultural ... more
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Rwandan Genocide Suspect Arrested in Gabon
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
oseph Serugendo, a Rwandan accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide was arrested over the weekend in ... more
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Unrest Forces Temporary Closure of Canadian Oil Site
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
iolent clashes sparked by angry villagers demanding a better share of Gabon's oil resources have led to the temporary closure of operations by Canadian oil firm Panafrican Energy at one field in the southwest, sources at the Oil Ministry said on ... more
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Country Mired in Crisis of Confidence, Says Bongo
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
NLESS a new government is formed and the constitution suspended, there will never be peace in Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon's President Omar Bongo ... more
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Rebel forces clash with Chad army
Topix - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Government forces came, they attacked us, we attacked them back and we are now occupying Ade" Fighting broke out between rebel and government forces in eastern Chad on Tuesday, nearly two months after a failed bid to oust President Idriss Deby Itno, rebels and the government... more
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Ritual killings increasing in lead-up to Gabon polls
Topix - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"You can't just choose anybody" Pre-election ritual killings in Gabon are on the rise, carried out by secret networks scavenging for blood or body parts in pursuit of boundless health, wealth, success and power, residents say. via Taipei Times ... more
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Gabon May Face National Strike by Oil Workers Over Conditions, Union Says
Topix - Monday, March 31, 2008
p> Gabon , the fifth-biggest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, faces a national oil-workers strike by April 2 because a work stoppage since March 19 at Royal Dutch Shell Plc 's operations in the country has yet ... via Bloomberg.com ... more
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