Gabon News News Gabon » Economy: Military coup in Gabon puts China's economic interests under threat
China's vast economic interests in Gabon are under threat after the military seized power in the oil and mineral-rich nation on Central Africa's west coast. But some experts believe the military coup ...
News Gabon » Economy: Lingyun Xiang has been appointed as the "Special Appreciation on China-Gabon Economic and Trade Promotion" by the Republic of Gabon
Beijing, Aug. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On August 21, 2024, Professor Lingyun Xiang, a US-based economist, was appointed by Baudelaire Ndong Ella, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ...
News Gabon » Economy: Oil-Rich Gabon Picks Harvard Grad to Help Tackle Debt Woes
(Bloomberg) -- Gabon's military leader, Brice Oligui Nguema, has picked a new economy minister to resolve the central African oil producer's debt woes. Mark Doumba, an entrepreneur who studied public ...
News Gabon » Economy: Gabon's uncertain push for IMF loan leads regional return to Fund
Following a coup, a contentious election and four different finance ministers - all within the past three years - Gabon is turning back to the International Monetary Fund to help put its fiscal house ...
News Gabon » Economy: How Rwandan investors plan to use farmland in Gabon
Gabon's Ambassador to Rwanda, Sylver Aboubakar Minko Mi-Nseme, has said the country is ready to provide land for Rwandans wishing to invest in the agriculture and livestock sectors. This week, the ...
News Gabon » Economy: Oil-rich Gabon vows revamp after 55 years of plunder and waste
After decades of suffering what a government minister called "financial evaporation", oil-rich Gabon badly needs to revamp crucial infrastructure and diversify its economy but is heavily indebted. The ...
News Gabon » Economy: Gabon: post‑coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
At the end of April 2024, a long and peaceful process of national dialogue in Gabon between the military junta, presided over by coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema, and civil society, represented ...
News Gabon » Economy: Gabon’s sole train a lifeline for its people and economy
The sky turns from indigo to ebony as the tropical night falls, and the train patiently thrusts through the jungle towards its destination, still hundreds of kilometres (miles) away. The trek has the ...