Gabon and the Central African Republic are working on a military protocol to enable Gabon to send another military contingent to CAR after 450 of its troops attached to the UN peacekeeping forces in the country were repatriated in Sept. 2021 on accusations of sexual abuse. “We have had exchanges on the next military protocol …
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Gabon and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), on Monday, June 20, celebrated the international day for refugees by organising an information session based on demands, including economic inclusion and self-reliance for refugees. The UNHCR and the Gabonese National Commission for Refugees (NCR) organised the session at the Cyberschool. Cyberschool is an incubator …
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The government of Gabon has provided five million US dollars in its 2022 budget as compensation for victims, especially farmers whose crops were destroyed by elephants. Lee White, Gabonese Minister of Water and Forestry, announced the provision on Monday, May 30, while responding to allegations that he was more preoccupied with defending elephants than human …
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Four persons who were found to be selling parts of protected animal species and their skins have been arrested in Oyem, capital of Woleu-Ntem province in northern Gabon. They were arrested on Saturday, April 16, by the elements of the provincial service of judicial police in Oyem. The operation was carried out by judicial police …
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Afrobarometer, which carries out studies on women rights and gender-based violence, in its ninth survey on Gabon, found that “a majority of Gabonese judge as satisfactory, the government’s performance in the promotion of equality of rights and chances in favour of women.” Out of 1,200 Gabonese interviewed between Nov.15 and Dec. 6, 2021, 57 per …
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Only a very few Gabonese are presenting themselves for vaccination against the COVID-19 after the government lifted restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the virus in the country, a government official said. The Government of Gabon announced the lifting of the restrictions on March 9, 2022. Officials revealed that the mobile vaccination teams instituted …
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The French embassy in Gabon has lifted the COVID-19 restrictive measures for travellers from Gabon entering France. The announcement was made on Monday, March 28, following the listing of Gabon on Feb. 16, 2022 among countries in the “green zone” of the European Union (EU). “Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions exist on …
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A total of 1,584,243 COVID-19 tests have been carried out on a corresponding number of Gabonese in the last two years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. More than half of the people tested were in Libreville, the epicentre of the pandemic which hosts the biggest analyses laboratory, the Laboratoire Prof. …
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President Ali Bongo of Gabon has announced “the lifting of all the restrictive measures put in place to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.” While announcing the removal of the measures on Wednesday, March 9, the Gabonese President said with a drastic drop in positive cases, there was no further …
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Gabon is among the top 10 African countries that have carried out reforms ensuring equality, according to the World Bank’s report on “Women, Enterprise and The Law 2022”. The World Bank report noted that after completely reforming its Civil Code and promulgating a Law on the elimination of violence towards women, Gabon has seen its …
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The South Korean government has donated 547,200 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines to the Gabonese government. The vaccines were handed over on Wednesday, Feb. 9, by Ryu Chang Soo, the South Korean ambassador to the Gabon Government. Dr Guy-Patrick Obiang Ndong, Gabon’s Minister of Health, received the vaccines on behalf of the …
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President of Gabon, Ali Bongo, is considering lifting some of the barrier measures against COVID-19 which have been in place since March 2020. This follows the drops recorded in the number of positive cases and the percentage of citizens who have been vaccinated against the virus which is now above 20 per cent. “The President …
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