At least 37 suspected illegal migrants were found dead on the seafront of Gabon’s capital, Libreville, on Tuesday after their boat was wrecked.
Simon Mann, the suspected British mastermind of a failed 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea, has yet to have any date set for his trial, the country’s defence minister said…
The crowd of African women are tired and angry after hours waiting in the hot sun, but the officials will not vaccinate their children until the president inaugurates the…
Former Chadian rebels waiting to join the national army have left their eastern bases to make for the Sudanese border, their former chief told international French radio station…
Delegates from West and Central African countries gathered in Gabon’s capital Libreville on Tuesday to open talks on a joint accord to fight the trafficking of children and women…
The Gabon Constitutional Court on Thursday declared the re-election of Omar Bongo Ondimba as President of the republic with 79,18% of the votes cast in last weekend’s election.…
Gabon’s President Omar Bongo, who has been in power since 1967, was re-elected for seven more years after winning 79,2% of the votes cast in Sunday’s election, the country’s…
The final results from Gabon’s presidential vote are expected on Tuesday, election officials said, as an opposition candidate claimed an early lead despite reports giving the…
Gabon’s National Communication Council (CNC) has warned the bosses of 22 private newspapers and radio stations to stop doubling up jobs incompatible with their public duties, a…
Take one soup cube, pepper, salt and onions, not forgetting chunks of monkey, head included. Cook in a casserole and serve. At the restaurant Maman Marie Gibier in Libreville,…
South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Libreville on Tuesday for a state visit as part of a drive to strengthen relations across the African continent. Mbeki met his…
Aids activists in Africa describe the late Pope John Paul II’s fierce opposition to the use of condoms as a major obstacle in the battle against Aids in Africa, where the disease…
Children’s rights activists have long expressed concern over the extent of child trafficking and exploitation in West Africa. Recent events in Gabon might give them cause for…
Street vendors who ply their trade in African cities aren’t generally viewed as posing a serious danger to public health. That is, unless one buys medicines and other forms of…
Flag down a red and white taxi in Gabon’s capital between now and February and you might get more than you bargained for. Around 300 taxi drivers in Libreville have been drafted…
The young woman lying in a hospital bed in Libreville, Gabon’s capital, complained of pains caused by poor blood circulation in her swollen legs. She could hardly walk, she said,…
Thirty Gabonese villagers have been arrested following an attack last month on a police station in the south of the country, in which two police officers were killed, a Defence…
A small commercial airplane crashed into the Atlantic off the West African nation of Gabon on Tuesday, company officials said. Authorities rescued 10 of the people on board and…
Only 10% of Gabonese businesswomen manage companies in the country, and at present, women account for less than 5% of CEOs of companies in Gabon. Many face an uphill struggle in…
Alain Meyoghe has been wheelchair bound for most of his young life since an attack of poliomyelitis at the age of three. But now he uses his wheelchair to make a living as a…
