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Gabon's National Institute of Youth and Sport and the French Institute in Libreville organised a conference on globalisation and sports to coincide with the Africa Cup of Nations which the country is co-hosting with Equatorial Guinea.

Gabon Pierre Eymerick Aubameyang kicks the ball to miss his penalty against Mali during their African Cup of Nations quarter final soccer match at Stade De L'Amitie in Libreville, Gabon, Sunday, Feb.

Gabon and mining firm BHP Billiton have reached a deal over the Belinga iron ore concession in Gabon after it was taken off China's CMEC, a government official from the Central African nation's government told Reuters on Friday.

Ghana drew 1-1 with Guinea here Wednesday to finish top of Group D and qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals.

Leaders of the opposition in Gabon claimed Friday that the country had no more functioning parliament because the constitutional mandates of lawmakers expired on January 24.

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Bloomberg) - South Africa's bid to flex its foreign-policy muscle by capturing the African Union's top post may be thwarted by nations resentful of its already dominant role on the world's poorest continent.

Gabon sent Budget Minister Emmanuel Issoze Ngendet to Harare to lobby for Ping, but President Mugabe's ZANU-PF party accused Gabon of being backing Prime Minister Tsvangirai's MDC formation The competition to head the African Union has become the latest issue to divide the chronically troubled Zimbabwean government of national unity.

A Gabonese dancer struts his stuff on the street as his fellow troupe members wait for the arrival of the Nigerian soccer team at the Leon M'ba International Airport located in Libreville, Gabon, on January 20, 2012.

A family doctor who describes herself as an "ordinary Hong Kong girl" is heading for the heart of Africa on a mission to save the sight of thousands of people.

Black stars of Ghana will arrive in Gabon on Friday night to begin their fight for the Africa Cup of Nations title after completing their intensive two-week camp in South Africa.

Ghana will arrive in Gabon on Friday night to begin their fight for the Africa Cup of Nations title after completing their intensive two-week camp in South Africa.

The opening match of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations will take place in Bata on Saturday, when co-hosts Equatorial Guinea take on Group A rivals Libya Equatorial Guinea's Local Organising Committee says the country only needs to iron out minor details before hosting the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

Daniel Minkoh flashes a smile as he stands alongside his wife and three kids, proud of his middle-class status in the equatorial west African state of Gabon.

The Gabonese Republic is a west African country on the equator , bordering Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea , and the Republic of the Congo , with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean .

New York - Gabon on Monday expressed "outrage" over reports that former foreign minister Jean Ping was withdrawing from his campaign to seek a new term as head of the African Union commission.

Ex-Black Stars defender Samuel Osei Kuffuor has been draftedA into Super Sport's elite panel of experts who will analyze the forthcoming Nations Cup slated for Equatorial Guinea/ Gabon from January 21 to February 12.

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The government of Gabon, led by President Ali Bongo, on Tuesday imposed suspensions on a TV station and a newspaper for coverage of opposition leader Andr Mba Obame, according to local journalists and news reports.

Cameroonian football star Samuel Eto'o was given the privilege to launch the 'Afcon Without Aids' campaign on Friday in Gabon's capital Libreville in the presence of the country's First Lady, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba.