Gabon News

Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba said Tuesday that world leaders can reduce the costs of U.N. peacekeeping by doing more to prevent armed conflicts, notably through adopting long-range plans to reduce climate change.

Gabon will "work closely" with the United States and others to pressure Iran to comply with UN demands over its nuclear program, Gabonese President Ali Bongo said Monday.

Gabonese President Ali Bongo announced on Thursday a series of "emergency measures" to fight corruption, help industry and defend the environment.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with released French hostage Pierre Camatte on Thursday in the Malian capital Bamako, amid tensions between neighboring African countries over the swap with local terrorists.

Libreville - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would make an unscheduled stop in Bamako later Wednesday to meet freed French hostage Pierre Camatte, who was released by al-Qaeda militants in Mali.

France has extended an olive branch to Rwanda with President Nicolas Sarkozy becoming the first French leader to visit the African country since the genocide that devastated it in 1994.

"The image of Ali Bongo, the son of longtime ruler Omar Bongo, blanketed Libreville." Source of caption and photo: online version of the NYT article quoted and cited below.

President Barack Obama will welcome France's President Nicolas Sarkozy to the White House on March 30.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Gabon for his second trip to the former French colony in Central Africa.

GREG MCARTHUR I n the final years before his death this summer, with French anti-corruption investigators nipping at his heels and ordering freezes on his myriad bank accounts, one of Africa's longest-reigning dictators had an ace up his sleeve: A daughter with a Canadian passport.

Omar Bongo, the president of Gabon until his death last year, was said to have brought $1m to the US in shrink-wrapped $100 notes.

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Underwater ship repair and maintenance and offshore repair and maintenance services are now available from the newest Hydrex office in Port Gentil, Gabon, West Africa.

The partnership between China and Africa should be further strengthened, as the two sides need each other, Gabonese President Ali Bongo said Monday in an exclusive interview with Xinhua.

World Bank President Robert Zoellick, has vowed to help Co te d'lvoire in its process of finding peace to the political crisis which broke o ut in 2002.

French military forces based in Gabon's capital Libreville will also gointo action this month to provide air transport to Impfondo, in the Likouala region of the extreme north of the Republic of Congo.

President Ali Ben Bongo says he wants his government to be more responsive to the needs of its people and is backing changes to the justice system to improve public confidence and the quality of prosecution.

This decision does not concern Gabon. Gabon is not affected by this decision which also has no impact on exploration and production in Gabon where Shell is involved since 50 years.

Gabonese workers reluctantly gave up their traditional two-hour lunch breaks as of Monday under a government plan to increase productivity and help diversify the central African country's oil-driven economy.

Gabon's government has introduced new working hours in an attempt to increase productivity and give people more time with their families.