News Gabon Economy: Gabon president sacks deputy, forestry minister
LIBREVILLE - Gabon's leader Ali Bongo on Tuesday announced the dismissal ... The industry is hugely important for the West African nation's economy, supporting some 17,000 jobs, and is second only to ...
News Gabon Economy: Fleeing a civil war, a refugee vows to never give up
I can say maybe 40 or 50% of the economy of the Republic of Congo was coming from there ... Then, seeking refuge, “I moved from there to Gabon. From the forest, not the village. In 1999, life was very ...
News Gabon Economy: Gabon leader sacks vice president, forestry minister
Gabon's leader Ali Bongo on Tuesday announced the dismissal of his vice president and the minister of forests, in a move that comes amid a scandal over the smuggling of precious timber. The president did not give a reason for the sackings of Vice President Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou and Forestry
News Gabon Economy: Gabon timber scandal: How 300 containers of kevazingo went missing
Nearly two-thirds of Gabon is covered in forests and the timber industry is important for the country's economy. Kevazingo, which is better known as bubinga or guibourtia, is a reddish type of wood ...
News Gabon Economy: After protests, Gabon backtracks on university grant reform
Gabon, a former French colony in Equatorial Africa, achieved a high standard of living in African terms funded primarily by oil and tropical hardwood exports, but the economy nosedived after the drop ...
News Gabon Economy: Economic Empowerment of Women Good for All
Women’s economic empowerment is anchored by education ... 77% in Ethiopia and 70% in Tanzania—only in eight countries (Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe) do more ...
