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Comilog unions revolt over production suspension decision

The decision of Comilog's majority shareholder, France's Eramet group, to suspend manganese production in Ga`bon because of low Chinese demand has worsened the already conflictual relations between management and unions at the company. [...]

Published on 28/10/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Senegal
France's Eramet group under fire from its neighbours at Grande Côte mining site

Politicians close to the PASTEF party and local entrepreneurs have begun a campaign to alert public opinion to the damage they say is being caused by Eramet's Grande Côte mineral sand mining activities. The protests are growing despite Eramet's denials.

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CEO of French mining group Eramet, Christel Bories, in Rittershoffen, eastern France, on 13 February 2023.

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Egyptian-South African team in pole position for Belinga-Mayumba rail contract

A consortium led by South Africa's Thelo Group and including Egypt's EGAAD is poised to win a contract with the Gabonese government to build a 972km railway linking the Bélinga mining site to Mayumba's future deepwater port.

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BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

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Bank of Central African States emblem in Libreville, Gabon, in 2019.

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Libreville set to reform mining code

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Oligui pressures minister to retake control of Carlyle's oil assets

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Transition President Brice Oligui Nguema in Burundi, 20 October 2023.

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General Oligui Nguema puts his people in key positions

The transitional president carried out sweeping new administrative appointments in late September, surrounding himself with military personnel, figures from Haut-Ogooué and Woleu-Ntem provinces and a handful of Bongo family members.

Subscribers only Politics 06.10.2023

The head of the junta, General Brice Oligui Nguema, in Libreville, Gabon, on 4 September 2023.

Gabon
Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Since the coup on 30 August, oil operators in the country have continued regardless. They are working to build relations with the new power, whose choices of oil and gas officials have been reassuringly well-known figures.

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General Oligui Nguema's government looks to balance old and new

The government installed by General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema brings in new faces from the Gabonese expatriate community, as well as former heavyweights from the Omar Bongo era. The aim is to consolidate the authority of the country's new strong man.

Subscribers only Politics 13.09.2023

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Coup in Gabon: General Oligui reassures Paris

The day after his coup against his cousin and president, Ali Bongo, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was keen to make his strategy clear to the French authorities. He claims to want to strengthen relations with Paris.

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Brice Oligui Nguema in Libreville, on 16 August 2023.

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Gabon
Comilog unions revolt over production suspension decision

Senegal
France's Eramet group under fire from its neighbours at Grande Côte mining site

Gabon
Egyptian-South African team in pole position for Belinga-Mayumba rail contract

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Gabon
Libreville set to reform mining code

Gabon
Oligui pressures minister to retake control of Carlyle's oil assets

Gabon
General Oligui Nguema puts his people in key positions

Gabon
Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Gabon
General Oligui Nguema's government looks to balance old and new

Gabon
Coup in Gabon: General Oligui reassures Paris