January 30

• Africa: Tight Race As AU Leaders Choose Bloc's Top Official

  African Union leaders voted Monday for the head of the bloc's most influential body, with incumbent Jean Ping enjoying a slight lead over the ex-wife of South Africa's president,... Read more »

January 29

• Africa: Continent's Leaders Meet for First Post-Gaddafi Summit

  African Union leaders meet on Sunday for their first summit since the death of the bloc's founder Moamer Kadhafi, with intense lobbying for its new top officials overshadowing the... Read more »

January 27

• Morocco/Gabon: Gabon Into Quarters After Remarkable Morocco Win

  Gabon made it into the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after a classic and almost surreal 3-2 win over Morocco here on Thursday. Read more »

• Gabon: Parliament Is Defunct, Opposition Says

  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. Read more »

• Gabon: Banks Loan Gabon 13.7 Mn Euros to Process Timber

  The National Wood Company of Gabon (SNBG) has obtained a loan of 13.7 million euros ($18 million) to help in building a plant to treat timber at Libreville's port, Owendo,... Read more »

• Africa: Panthers Eye Quarters, Morocco Target Survival

  Gabon and Morocco have identified Friday's Group C meeting here as crucial to their respective Africa Cup of Nations fortunes - but for vastly different reasons. Read more »

January 24

• Gabon: Co-Hosts Gabon Enter Cup Fray

  Gabon will not want to be outdone by their neighbours and Africa Cup of Nations' co-hosts Equatorial Guinea when they tackle competition first-timers Niger here on Monday. Read more »

January 23

• Gabon/Niger: Heads Up for Hosts As Newcomers Suffer

  Gabon galloped to a 2-0 win over outclassed debutants Niger here on Monday to get their Africa Cup of Nations campaign off to the ideal start. Read more »

January 21

• Africa: Equatorial Guinea, Libya Get Cup of Nations Started

  The Africa Cup of Nations starts on Saturday after a mad scramble to be ready and after massive investment by co-hosts Equatorial Guinea and Gabon but without the continent's... Read more »

January 20

• Africa: Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Set for Cup of Nations

  For lovers of the beautiful game focus over the next three weeks falls on Gabon and Equatorial Guinea where from Saturday the oil rich neighbours co-host the 28th Africa Cup of... Read more »

January 17

• Gabon: Nation Sees Quiet Emergence of a Middle Class

  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. Read more »

December 27, 2011

• Burkina Faso/Gabon: Nation to Face Gabon in Cup of Nations Warm-Up

  Burkina Faso will host African Cup of Nations co-hosts Gabon in a pre-tournament friendly on January 9 in Franceville, the Burkinabe Football Federation (FBF) announced Saturday. Read more »

December 22, 2011

• Gabon: Ruling Party Wins Landslide in Low Turnout

  President Ali Bongo's party scored a landslide victory in Gabon's parliamentary elections but turnout was low given an opposition boycott, it was announced. Read more »

December 20, 2011

• Gabon: African Observers Give Vote Thumbs Up

  Two African observer missions on Monday deemed last week's legislative election in Gabon to be credible despite an opposition boycott, the absence of biometric voting technology... Read more »

December 18, 2011

• Gabon: Bongo Party Claims Absolute Majority in Election

  President Ali Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) claimed Sunday to have won an absolute majority in general elections that were boycotted by many opposition groups and voters. Read more »

December 17, 2011

• Gabon: Ruling Party Set for Comfortable Re-election

  President Ali Bongo's ruling party was expected to cruise to victory in elections Saturday in Gabon after a divided opposition failed to rattle the regime's decades-old grip on the... Read more »

December 7, 2011

• Gabon/Senegal: Outsiders Nation Reach Olympics for First Time

  Gabon will compete at the Olympic Games football tournament for the first time next year in London after a dramatic 1-0 win over Senegal Tuesday in a CAF under-23 championship... Read more »

December 6, 2011

• Africa: Surprise Sides Gabon, Senegal Seek Olympics Place

  Surprise qualifiers Gabon and Senegal meet Tuesday in a CAF under-23 football championship semi-final with a place at the 2012 London Olympics up for grabs. Read more »

December 3, 2011

• Gabon: Polls Won't Be Fair, Opposition Leader Predicts

  Gabon's most prominent opposition figure warned Friday that legislative elections to be held on December 17 would not be fair and would fail to interest voters. Read more »

November 24, 2011

• Gabon: Bongo Daughter Denies Father Funded Sarkozy Campaign

  The daughter of Gabon's late president Omar Bongo on Wednesday denied claims by an ex-aide that her father funded Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. Read more »

November 23, 2011

• Gabon: 'Bongo Funded Sarkozy Campaign' - Aide

  Gabon's late president Omar Bongo funded Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign, a former senior Gabonese official said, in a book to be published in France this week. Read more »

November 20, 2011

• Gabon: Opposition Leader Calls for Election Boycott

  Gabon's former prime minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong, now an opposition leader, called on voters to boycott December 17 legislative elections, at a press conference Saturday. Read more »

November 18, 2011

• Gabon: Leader Accepts Benin Apology Over Plane Incident

  Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Thursday accepted an apology from Benin after a diplomatic passport incident there involving his chief of staff, while announcing an enquiry. Read more »

November 16, 2011

• Ghana/Gabon: Asamoah Celebrates Recall With Winner

  Derek Asamoah celebrated his recall by Ghana with the stoppage-time winner in a 2-1 friendly triumph over Gabon in a Parisian suburb Tuesday. Read more »

November 11, 2011

• Gabon: Brazil Beats Home Side in New Libreville Stadium

  World Cup 2014 hosts Brazil celebrated a 2-0 friendly win over Gabon Thursday as the hosts inaugurated the Stade de l'Amitie. Read more »