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Libreville - Three-way peace talks between the Central African government, a rebel coalition that conquered much of the country over the past month and the political opposition began on Wednesday in Gabon, an AFP correspondent reported. The peace talks, brokered by regional bloc ECCAS, are due to focus on renegotiating peace agreements signed by Bangui since 2007 which rebels say
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Gabon aims to increase the contribution of agriculture to its economy to 15 percent, from current levels of 1 percent by 2020, as part of its strategy to become an emerging country by 2025, according to the country's agriculture minister. The West African nation is looking to develop its cash crop sector, with the aim of creating domestic food security
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Gabon's main opposition leader Andre Mba Obame, who claimed to have won the last presidential election, arrived in Libreville Saturday from 14 months in France, welcomed back by hundreds of supporters. Obame, leader of the now outlawed National Union (UN) party, was not bothered by the authorities and went from the airport to his home without making any statements. He
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The central African nation of Gabon will burn its government stockpiles of ivory on Wednesday against the backdrop of a surge in the killing of elephants and rhinos across the continent to meet surging Asian demand. Conservation group WWF and TRAFFIC, which monitors the global wildlife trade, said in a statement the tusks and carvings would be set alight by
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Libreville - Nineteen students who tried to halt courses at the Omar Bongo University (UOB) in Gabon have been released after being held in police cells, student and legal sources said Friday. "We're released on bail," Firmin Ollo, one of the leaders of the detained students said. Each of the students is to appear before a judge next week. Four
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Libreville - Gabon is renegotiating a deal with China for mining rights to the massive Belinga iron ore deposits and may ditch Beijing for another partner, Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima said on Thursday. "The Belinga portfolio is being re-examined because it appears the conditions initially accepted were not entirely satisfactory. Discussions are taking place. They are aimed at improving
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Libreville - Students threw stones at police and officers fired tear gas to disperse them in a new bout of clashes on Wednesday at Omar Bongo University in Gabon's capital Libreville. The university has been the scene of violent protests by students demanding payment of scholarship funds. Three people were wounded in a previous protest on March 15, according to
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Students demanding the payment of scholarships funds and police clashed in the Gabon capital Libreville on Thursday, leaving three people wounded, state television reported. Police moved to free the rector of Omar Bongo university, sparking violence on the campus. Television footage showed students throwing stones. "We ask that scholarships be paid and protest against an age limit (a maximum 27
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Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba named Raymond Ndong Sima as the country's new prime minister following a resounding victory for the ruling party in general elections amid an opposition boycott. The presidency made the announcement late Monday that Ndong Sima, 56, the agriculture minister, would replace Paul Biyoghe Mba as premier. It marks the first time in Gabon's history that
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Libreville - Six Gabonese police officers have been thrown out of the force over complicity in robberies and violence, the chief of police Leon Mistoul said on Wednesday. "Some days ago, six of [you] have been dropped from our staff over serious fault, that's to say, for complicity in hold-ups and violence against people," said Mistoul in a speech to
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A French court on Thursday dismissed a defamation and insult complaint by Gabon's President Ali Bongo against a Green Party politician who had called him a dictator. The court in Paris ruled that Yannick Jadot, a Green Party member of the European Parliament, had not defamed or insulted Bongo when he made the comments to French newspaper Liberation in July
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Gabonese Prime Minister Paul Biyoghe Mba resigned Monday as required by the constitution following elections that handed his party a resounding victory amid an opposition boycott. "I went to tender my resignation from the government to the head of state," he said after meeting with President Ali Bongo, who will decide whether to return him to office. Gabon's constitutional court
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The CAF General Assembly has unanimously approved the extension of the mandate of CAF President Issa Hayatou till 2017. The General Assembly, the supreme authority of CAF, at its 34th session held on Friday in Libreville, Gabon; generally gave their support for Hayatou to continue at the helm when his current tenure expires in 2013. By this decision, Hayatou will
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The Zambian national football team made an emotional stopover at Beach Sabliere, site of the 1993 air disaster after arriving in Libreville for Sunday’s final against Cote d’Ivoire. Thirty players, crew and officials lost their lives off the coast of Gabon on April 27, 19 years ago on their away to Dakar to play Senegal in a 1994 World Cup
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A superb individual goal from Gervinho on the stroke of half-time earned Ivory Coast a 1-0 win over Mali on Wednesday and a ticket to the Africa Cup of Nations final. Gervinho sprinted down the wing and cut in to fire past goalkeeper Soumaila Diakite and set up a Sunday showdown with Zambia while Mali will face Ghana the previous
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Ghana captain John Mensah is revelling in his scoring form at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. The central defender has scored twice at the tournament in the opener and the quarter final against Tunisia which the Black Stars 2-1 after extra time. “I have to give thanks to God for the two goals scored so far in this competition.
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Libreville — The dream ended for co-hosts Gabon who were tumbled out in the lottery of penalties at the African Nations Cup after losing 4-5 on post-match kicks to Mali in their quarter-final tie in Libreville on Sunday. Mali had been lucky to force the game into extra time but made good use of their fortune to turn around the
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Tunisia's players want to pay respect to more than 70 people who died at a league game in Egypt this week by wearing black armbands. Tunisian Football Federation president Anouar Haddad said on Friday his body had asked for permission from tournament organisers the Confederation of African Football to wear the armbands against Ghana at Stade de Franceville on Sunday.
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Tunisia’s 21-year-old star Youssef Msakni, has acknowledged the hurdles they will face against the Black Stars, which he described as the most formidable team in the tournament. “Don’t joke with Ghana. They are the team with the best compact play in the tournament. They are very focused and precise in front of goal. That is what makes Ghana very dangerous,”
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Africa has a new shining star in Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, while Senegal's Newcastle United striker Demba Ba would rank as one of the biggest flops at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. After the conclusion of the first round, one of the most open Nations Cups in history has thrown up a lot of disappointments -- none bigger than the
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Libreville - The National Wood Company of Gabon has obtained a loan of €13.7m to help build a plant to treat timber at Libreville's Owendo port, officials say. The Development Bank of Central African States is providing €12.2m and the private Ecobank, which operates in west and central Africa, is lending the remaining €1.5m. The equatorial African country is densely
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Tunisia took the Maghreb derby honours here Monday, a 2-1 defeat of Morocco putting them alongside Gabon at the top of Group C in the Africa Cup of Nations. The north African neighbours' last Nations Cup meeting came in the 2004 final won by Tunisia, who also denied Morocco qualification to the 2006 World Cup. And the Carthage Eagles claimed
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Gabon galloped to a 2-0 win over outclassed debutants Niger here on Monday to get their Africa Cup of Nations campaign off to the ideal start. The 2012 co-hosts took a potentially major step towards a quarter-final berth with first half headers from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Stephane Nguema. Gabon's German coach Gernot Rohr praised his players for what he described
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Football fans in Gabon well as other inhabitants have been granted 4 free days by the Government in order to permit them come out massively to support the country’s national football team at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. The announcement which was made public within the weekend in a communiqué signed by the Gabonese ministry of labor; stipulates that
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By Caf opting to have the Orange Africa Nations Cup in two countries, host nations Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have had to dig deep in their coffers for the tournament. Gabon's government purchased four Boeing 737-300 series planes with a capacity of 140 passengers each to carry officials, journalists and fans who want to watch matches between the four venues
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