DR Congo, Sao Tome, Gabon eye CAF African Schools Championship finals

The final phase of the zonal qualifiers for the CAF African Schools Football Championship will begin on March 12 in Libreville, Gabon, as teams from the Union of Central African Football Federations (UNIFFAC) compete for places in the continental finals. …

Gabon asks IMF for new arrangement in a bid to stabilise finances

Gabon has formally requested an arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, IMF officials told Reuters on Wednesday. The news comes just days after an IMF team concluded a visit to the Central African country. The Fund has urged Libreville to …

Vaalco Energy to drill sidetrack from dry hole offshore Gabon

Vaalco Energy Inc. will drill a sidetrack development well using the same well bore that encountered a dry hole in an Etame Marin block exploration well offshore Gabon. Etame West ET-14P encountered 10 m of high-quality Gamba sands, in line with pre-drill …

Analysis-Gabon’s uncertain push for IMF loan leads regional return to Fund

By Colleen Goko JOHANNESBURG, March 9 (Reuters) – Following a coup, a contentious election and four different finance ministers – all within the past three years – Gabon is turning back to the International Monetary Fund to help put its fiscal house in …

Gabon's uncertain push for IMF loan leads regional return to Fund

Following a coup, a contentious election and four different finance ministers - all within the past three years - Gabon is turning back to the International ​Monetary Fund to help put its ⁠fiscal house in order. Its push for an IMF loan - a prerequisite to …

VAALCO Adjusts Gabon Drilling Plan After Exploration Well Result

Published Mar 9, 2026 7:36 am ET (Credit: VAALCO Energy) VAALCO Energy has completed drilling the ET-14P exploration well at the Etame field offshore Gabon as part of its Phase Three drilling program and plans to sidetrack the well to drill a development …

“Face this new mission with serenity, trust”: Vatican Secretary of State to Apostolic Nuncio to Congo Brazzaville, Gabon

In 2012, he became the first Doctor of Sacred Liturgy in his country. He completed his doctoral thesis at the Pontifical Institute of Saint Anselm in Rome on the topic: The Liturgical Image: An Essay on Ritual Aesthetics in Romano Guardini.  In 2010, Mons …

IMF team concludes Gabon visit

Gabon fashion designer brings traditional raffia to Paris runways

Strands of raffia dry outside in the sun at the studio of Gabonese fashion designer Chouchou Lazare, who has made a name for himself using the natural fibres to craft his award-winning garments.  The natural material derived from palm leaves -- and …

February 2026 was Earth’s fifth-warmest February on record

February 2026 was the world’s fifth-warmest February in analyses of global weather data going back to 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported March 11. The European Copernicus Climate Change Service also rated …