Reuters: Gabon News

Cameroon cocoa grinding off to slow start

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:54:04 +0000

YAOUNDE, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Cocoa purchases by Cameroon's sole domestic grinder, Sic-Cacaos, are running 86 percent below a year ago so far this season, possibly because of an equipment upgrade at the factory.

FACTBOX-Foreign oil investment in Gabon

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:59:13 +0000

Nov 26 - Gabon may review current contracts with oil firms to increase to as high as 40 percent the share operators can own in projects, with a view to increasing exploration and output, the prime minister said on Thursday. [ID:nGEE5AP2B1]

UPDATE 1-New Gabon gov't mulls oil contract review-PM

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:38:36 +0000

LIBREVILLE, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Gabon may review current contracts with oil firms to increase to as high as 40 percent the share operators can own in projects, with a view to increasing exploration, the prime minister said on Thursday.

New Gabon gov't mulls oil contract review-PM

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:10:15 +0000

FACTBOX-Attacks in the Gulf of Guinea

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:38:15 +0000

Nov 25 (Reuters) - Pirates attacked an oil tanker off the coast of Benin on Tuesday, killing a Ukrainian officer and stealing the contents of the ship's safe, the head of the West African country's navy said.

Gabon's Bongo takes aim at bloated civil service

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:53:42 +0000

LIBREVILLE, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Gabon's new President Ali Ben Bongo has ordered a census of the central African country's bloated civil service in a bid to cut state spending and take charge of the body, the prime minister said on Tuesday.

Soccer-World Cup African qualifying fixtures

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:17:32 +0000

Nov 13 (Reuters) - World Cup African qualifying fixtures (times GMT).

Soccer-Morocco fail to get World Cup qualifier result overturned

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:23:38 +0000

BERNE, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Morocco, held 0-0 at home by Togo in a World Cup qualifier in June, have failed to get the result of the match overturned.

UPDATE 1-Atlantique sees mobile growth in W.Africa

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:52:54 +0000

CAPE TOWN, Nov 11 (Reuters) - West African mobile operator, Atlantique Telecom aims to increase its customer base by up to 20 percent annually, its managing director said on Wednesday. Atlantique Telecom is 82 percent owned by the UAE's Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) and operates in Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gabon, Togo and the Ivory Coast and has a total of 4.2 million subscribers.

Gabon - Démission du directeur de cabinet d'Ali Bongo

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:35:44 +0000

LIBREVILLE, 9 novembre (Reuters) - Le directeur de cabinet du président gabonais Ali Bongo a démissionné lundi après avoir été cité par les médias dans une enquête sur des pertes de 40 millions d'euros de la Banque des Etats de l'Afrique centrale.