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• 00:50

  AFCON 2017: Four Teams Left Standing In The Competition

  by Headlines Africa Added 2 years ago 431 Views / 0 Likes

  Four teams are still standing in the tournament. And they have a day to rest before Wednesday's semi-finals. Burkina Faso will play the first match against seven-time champions Egypt, before Cameroon's Indomitable Lions take on Ghana's Black Stars on Thur

• 01:09

  Former AUC Chairman Jean Ping To Run For President In Gabon

  by Headlines Africa Added 3 years ago 370 Views / 0 Likes

  Former African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping says he will run for presidency in Gabon, this year. Ping a leading critic of current Gabonese President Ali Bongo, hopes to break the ruling party's near 50-year grip on power. Bongo, the son of long-tim

• 01:55

  Gabon Deports Over 500 To Nigeria

  by Headlines Africa Added 4 years ago 634 Views / 0 Likes

  Gabon Deports Over 500 To Nigeria

• 01:11

  Gabon Invests In Satellites To Save Rainforest

  by Headlines Africa Added 3 years ago 361 Views / 0 Likes

  Gabon is home to some of Africa's most bio-diverse rainforests. Around 80 percent of the country is forested with an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 species of plants. It is one of the few places on Earth where primary tropical rainforest extends all the way to

• 00:35

  Gabon Remains Divided Ahead Of Ali Bongo's Inauguration

  by Headlines Africa Added 2 years ago 410 Views / 0 Likes

  Gabonese President Ali Bongo is due to be sworn in for a second term in office, just days after the Constitutional Court validated his election victory. Violence broke out across Gabon last month when the electoral body announced that Bongo had won the vo

• 03:10

  Gabon's Agriculture Sector In Focus, As Oil Prices Slide

  by Headlines Africa Added 3 years ago 499 Views / 0 Likes

  Gabon, like many other oil producing countries is hurting from the low international price of crude oil. More than ever before, the government is turning attention to agriculture, not just to feed its citizens but also to increase employment. However, yea

• 01:43

  Gabon's Port Gentil Hit By Oil Price Drop Ahead Of Elections

  by Headlines Africa Added 2 years ago 428 Views / 0 Likes

  Gabon residents are going to the polls on Saturday for a presidential election. A last-minute opposition pact has robbed incumbent Ali Bongo of a clear shot at a second term. The 57-year-old is facing credible challenge from former African Union Commissio

• 02:36

  Gabonese Women Group Hope To Penetrate U.S. Market

  by Headlines Africa Added 3 years ago 408 Views / 0 Likes

  The 14th AGOA Forum started today in Gabon's capital, amid expectations that the trade deal's extension will deliver more benefits to sub-Saharan economies over the next 10 years.

• 02:11

  Gabon’s New PM Says Inclusive Cabinet Will Be Named On Sunday

  by Headlines Africa Added 2 years ago 391 Views / 0 Likes

  The political tug-of-war between Gabon’s President Ali Bongo and opposition leader Jean Ping continues. Bongo and his newly appointed prime minister are proposing an open and inclusive government. But Ping insists that he won't recognise Bongo as presiden

• 02:13

  Poachers Turn To Gabon As Last Refuge Of Forest Elephants

  by Headlines Africa Added 3 years ago 365 Views / 0 Likes

  National parks in Gabon are facing immense challenges, when it comes to catching and prosecuting poachers. The West African country, which is home to one of Africa's largest elephant population, has deployed eco-guards in an effort to combat elephant poac

• 01:11

  Protests Erupt In Gabon Over Absentee President

  by Headlines Africa Added 8 months ago 101 Views / 0 Likes

  Let's go to Gabon now, where scores of Gabonese protested in Libreville against the modification of the constitution to cater for the incumbent president's absence. President Ali Bongo has been hospitalized in Ryad since the 24th of October when he fell i