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Plant Medicine Track at Psychedelic Science 2025 Spotlights Ancestral Wisdom, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Being in Right Relationship

• From Peyote conservation to Religious Freedom, the Plant Medicine Track honors ancestral traditions, uplifts Indigenous leadership, and promotes ethical and reciprocal relationships with the stewards of these sacred medicines. • Featuring voices...

Policy debates on structural transformation billed for Gabon and Congo

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is organising a twin set of policy debates to begin mapping out pathways for structural transformation in Central Africa, notably in Gabon (8 December 2016 at Radisson Blu Hotel in Libreville) and in the...

Gabon: 2012 Article IV Consultation

Capacity Building Program for Officials of the Investment Promotion National Agency – ‘ANPI-Gabon’, Tunis (5th to 16th December 2016)

Within the framework of the institutional support offered by the Arab Bank for the Development of Africa "BADEA", the Tunisian Foreign Investment Promotion Agency "FIPA-Tunisia" (www.InvestInTunisia.tn) and the Tunisian Agency for Technical...

VAALCO Energy Announces Closing of Acquisition of Additional Working Interest in the Etame Marin Permit Offshore Gabon

Workovers on Avouma Platform Now Underway HOUSTON, Nov. 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EGY) today announced that it has closed on the purchase of an additional 3.23% participating interest (2.98% working interest) in the...

Africa Regional Media Hub | United States Supports Proposed AU Mission to Gabon, Continues to Call for Calm

The United States remains concerned about the tense political situation in Gabon. We continue to call on all parties and their supporters to refrain from violence, inflammatory language, and aggression against all people living in Gabon,...

Africa Regional Media Hub | Election Results in Gabon

[Excerpted] QUESTION: Yeah. So yesterday you expressed concern for the results of the vote in Gabon. Since you expressed concern, the parliament has burned down, there’s been 1,000 arrests, opposition headquarters has been raided, and Ban Ki-moon...

Africa Regional Media Hub | Concern Regarding Election in Gabon

The United States is deeply concerned regarding unfolding events in Gabon. We take note of the results released by the electoral commission and urge all sides to temper their rhetoric and encourage their supporters to remain calm. We also urge all...

Statement by Brian Olley, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Gabon

“The UK is concerned by the current political crisis in Gabon arising from Saturday’s disputed presidential election, and by the violence that has occurred since the results were announced. The UK calls on all parties to act responsibly and with...

Federal Foreign Office Spokesperson on Outbreaks of Violence in Gabon

A Federal Foreign Office Spokesperson issued the following statement today (1 September) on the outbreaks of violence in Gabon: We strongly condemn last night’s violent clashes in Libreville, which resulted in fatalities and injuries, following...

Situation au Gabon

La France continue à suivre avec attention l’évolution de la situation au Gabon. La cour constitutionnelle a été saisie du résultat provisoire de l’élection présidentielle. Il importe que les contestations soient examinées avec transparence et...

Press Release on the Situation in Gabon

On the night of August 31 and into the early hours of September 1, following the announcement of incumbent President Ali Bongo Ondimba’s victory in the presidential election, supporters of the opposition candidate clashed with law enforcement in...

The Joint AU-ECCAS Election Observation Mission held a successful observer orientation programme and met with key stakeholders in Libreville, Gabon

The Heads of Mission, in their closing remarks at the training session, reminded observers of the critical role that was bestowed upon them and wished them success and safety in their respective assignments. The twenty-seven (27) observer teams...

Gabonese-Americans & Members of Congress Call for Free & Fair Presidential Elections in Gabon

Gabonese-Americans in DC urging US support to ensure that the Ali Bongo Ondimba Government allow free and fair presidential elections on August 27th WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, July 31, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On Friday, Gabonese-American...

Africa: 2015 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Gabon

On August 24-27, the United States and Gabon will co-host the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Libreville, Gabon. Recently reauthorized by the U.S. Congress for an additional ten years, AGOA has been the cornerstone of the U.S....

Putin aide assures Russia will reply to West’s attempted restrictions in Baltic Sea

(MENAFN) Russia is preparing countermeasures against possible hostile NATO actions in the Baltic Sea, according to Nikolay Patrushev, a senior aide to President Vladimir Putin. Speaking at a government Maritime Board meeting on Monday, Patrushev...

Africa: Acting Assistant Secretary Bond Travel to Benin, Gabon, and Guinea

Acting Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Michele T. Bond will visit Benin, Gabon, and Guinea, July 7–11. She will visit the U.S. Embassy in Cotonou, Benin, July 7–9, and meet with the Director of Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign...

King Mohammed VI Kicks off Official Visit to Gabon

Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 06/10/2015 /SubmitPressRelease123/ HM King Mohammed VI arrived, on Friday, June 5, in Libreville, for a working and friendship visit to the Republic of Gabon, last leg of an African tour that took the sovereign to Senegal,...

New $15 million initiative launched to catalyse sustainable investment in the Congo Basin

New York, Geneva, Nairobi, 29 May 2025 – A new initiative in one of the world’s most vital ecosystems – the Congo Basin – aims to unlock nature-positive, climate-resilient business opportunities for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises...

Oil Price Collapse Vindicates Gabon's Aim to Diversify

Timber consignment in Libreville, Gabon, where plan to diversify economy includes promoting non-oil industries (photo: Martin Harvey/NHPA/Photoshot/Newscom) ECONOMIC HEALTH CHECK Oil Price Collapse Vindicates Gabon’s Aim to Diversify By Gonzalo...