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Guinea-Bissau is planning to inaugurate a consulate in Moroccan Sahara, Le360.ma reports citing sources. The sources did not elaborate on the date but the move will bolster the international support for the kingdom’s sovereignty over the disputed territory and its political settlement plan submitted to the United Nations. Algeria has been backing the separatist movement […]
The UN has denied as false reports by Algeria’s state-run news agency Algerie Presse Service (APS) that Morocco “failed” to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The strongly-worded denial inflicted another blow to the official news outlet, known for circulating “fake news” on sensitive topics. In its report, APS claimed […]
In a “win-win” agreement, Gabon has entered into a commitment with Venezuela. The two countries want to further strengthen and consolidate their cooperation in the oil sector. One of the largest oil producers and exporters around the world, Gabon, aims to draw inspiration in this sector from the experience of Venezuela, to make better use […]
After 17 months at the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda had been named Prime Minister, in replacement of Julien Nkoghe Bekale who spent a year and a half in the position. This is the first time ever since its independence 60 years ago that Gabon is having a woman […]
In Ghana and Gabon, public officials and MPs have been temporarily banned from travelling out of their countries in measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. According to a statement issued by the office of Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, only essential and critical trips by public officials would be considered and approved. In Gabon, […]
Gabon has opened a Consulate General in Laâyoune this Friday at a ceremony chaired by Gabonese Foreign Minister Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze and his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The Gabonese Consulate General is the third diplomatic representation in Laâyoune after the honorary consulate of Côte d’Ivoire that was inaugurated in June last year and the Consulate General […]
On the footsteps of Comoros and Gambia, Gabon is the next African state to take its support for Morocco’s territorial integrity to the level of opening a consular representation in the Sahara region. Moroccan news portal le360.ma relayed the news, which may further irk the Algerian regime and its puppet the Polisario militia who have […]
Fourteen months after suffering a stroke, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba has opened the central African regional bloc’s extraordinary summit in Libreville. Bongo, 60, is the current chair of the 11-nation Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), a 36-year-old organization meant to forge a common market among its member states. Bongo spoke without notable […]
The Norwegian government will provide Gabon with $150 million to fight deforestation, according to the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI). Gabon which is almost 90 percent covered by forest will use the funds, to be disbursed over 10 years, to “both reducing its greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and degradation, and absorption of carbon dioxide […]
US hydrocarbon exploration firm, Vaalco Energy, will start an offshore drilling campaign next month as Gabon works to increase its crude oil production by 50 percent by 2020/2021. The start of the drilling campaign follows a successful full-field maintenance shut down at four of Vaalco’s platforms in the Central African nation The five-well drilling campaign […]