First Independent Mena Newspaper
One day after he was sworn in as President of Gabon for another second seven-year term, Ali Bongo appointed Wednesday his former Foreign Minister Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet as the new Gabonese Prime Minister who is expected to charm members of the opposition into the new cabinet. Ali Bongo came out victorious of the August 27 […]
The Europe Union commission did not congratulate Ai Bongo for his re-election as it cast doubt on the fairness of the constitutional court, which, it said, failed to treat fairly complaints filed by the opposition, reports say. Federica Mogherini, EU’s foreign policy Chief, joined the EU’s election observers in Gabon in criticizing the handling of […]
Gabonese authorities have refused to grant entry visa to French media deemed critical of Ali Bongo’s regime after French Socialist party and other political figures questioned his re-election in a contested presidential election, reports say. Tension has risen between Libreville and Paris after the ruling socialist party in France openly called on Ali Bongo to […]
Supporters of opposition candidate Jean Ping set fire to parts of the National Assembly Wednesday afternoon soon after the Interior Minister declared incumbent President Ali Bongo winner of Saturday presidential election, judged by EU as non-transparent. Ali Bongo in power since 2009 has been credited with 49.80 per cent of the votes against 48.23 per […]
Incumbent President Ali Bongo’s rival in the Saturday presidential election has claimed victory, calling Bongo to admit his defeat as the national electoral commission is pressed to ease tension by release the results. Jean Ping, 75, former head of the African Union commission on Monday called on ruling president Ali Bongo to admit defeat. “I […]
More countries have joined the group of 28 member states of the African union, which addressed last Monday a motion to the AU chair expressing support to Morocco’s return to its African family and demanding the suspension of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Republic from the pan-African organization. In this vein, Egypt’s Ambassador in Rabat, Ihab Jamaleddine […]
The days of the self-proclaimed SADR as a member of the African Union seem to be counted after 28 African countries called for suspending the membership of the Algerian-based republic from all the bodies and activities of the African Union. This came in a motion submitted by the 28 African nations to the President of […]
Ways of enhancing security and intelligence cooperation ties between Morocco and Gabon were reviewed Monday in Libreville at a meeting between president Ali Bongo Ondimba and Moroccan interior minister Mohamed Hassad. The meeting was attended by Head of the Moroccan Intelligence agency Mohamed Yassine Mansouri and Head of Morocco’s secret services Abdellatif Hammouchi, who is […]
The Gabonese government is determined to lower down the obstacles faced by Moroccan companies operating in the central African country. During a high profile meeting last week with Moroccan companies established in the country, Gabonese Prime Minister Daniel Ona Ondo vowed to ease investment and business operations for the Moroccan companies which have voiced their […]
Maroc Telecom, the partly state-owned telecommunications operator in Morocco, which is the third mobile operator in Côte d’Ivoire under its local branch Moov, announced it is increasing its investments in the West African country. The announcement was made by the company’s CEO Abdeslam Ahizoune at a meeting with Ivorian President during a visit to Abidjan. […]