Source: Government of UK |

The United Kingdom (UK) and Gabon commit to support the conservation and sustainable management of forests

The UK will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Gabon, where both parties will agree to shared priorities in the context of the climate ambition and commitments made at COP26

UK Minister for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment, Lord Zac Goldsmith is in Libreville for two-days to attend the One Forest Summit. The Summit is an opportunity for the UK and international partners from three continents to advance and renew their collective ambition regarding the conservation and sustainable…

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Perenco Reaches Another Milestone in its Gas Agenda with Final Investment Decision (FID) Secured for the Gabon Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facility

Independent oil and gas company, Perenco, has announced that it has taken a final investment decision for a 700,000-ton Liquefied Natural Gas facility in Gabon, signaling new opportunities for fuel security in Africa

Following a series of industry achievements (https://apo-opa.info/3lGro9Q) by Perenco in the last year, the independent oil and gas company has reached another milestone in its African gas agenda, reaching a final investment decision (FID) for a 700,000-ton Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility in Gabon – based at the Cap Lopez terminal.…

Source: Kingdom of Morocco - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates |

His Majesty the King Holds Talks with President Ondimba and Donates Fertilizers to Gabonese Farmers

In the presence of the President of the Republic of Gabon, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, handed over a donation of 2,000 tonnes of fertilizers

His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, held talks on February 15, 2023 at the Presidential Palace in Libreville with His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Republic of Gabon. This meeting, which was subsequently extended to Mr. Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and…

Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |

Gabon, Jamaica and Sri Lanka unite to fight hazardous skin lightening products

The Eliminating mercury skin lightening products project will work to reduce the risk of exposure to mercury-added skin lightening products

Gabon, Jamaica and Sri Lanka have joined forces to reduce the environmental and health toll of the skin lightening industry; $14-million initiative will support a holistic approach to eliminate mercury from skin lightening products and promote the beauty of all skin tones; many skin lightening products include mercury, posing significant…

Source: U.S. Embassy in Gabon |

Chargé d’affaires Ellen Thorburn visited the Martin Luther King School to take part in the school’s annual commemoration of the civil rights leader

Dr. King advanced civil rights in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day, U.S. Chargé d’affaires Ellen Thorburn visited the Martin Luther King School in Libreville to take part in the school’s annual commemoration of the U.S. civil rights leader. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American minister and activist, one of the most…

Source: United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation |

United Arab Emirates (UAE) President, VP condole with President of Gabon on death of his foreign minister

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, sent a cable of condolences to the President of Gabon

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences to President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon on the death of Michael Moussa Adamo, Gabon's Minister of Foreign Affairs. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai,…

Source: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) |

Gabon’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

Gabon is one of the States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming 42nd session taking place from 23 January to 3 February

Gabon’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday, 24 January 2023 in a meeting that will be webcast live.  Gabon is one of the States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming 42nd…

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Gabon Advances Bilateral Ties with Equatorial Guinea During Presidential State Visit

Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon, met with his Equatorial Guinean counterpart, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, during a state visit to the country, whereby the parties discussed advancing intra-African trade, regional integration and cooperation across the fields of security and energy

Underpinned by ambitions to scale up regional cooperation in pursuit of socioeconomic development, Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon, has arrived in Equatorial Guinea for a series of high-level discussions covering various topics such as intra-African trade, regional integration and improving security and regulatory certainty as both countries target accelerated…

Source: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) |

Universal Periodic Review Working Group to examine human rights records of 13 States at its forty-second session from 23 January to 3 February 2023

The group of States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during this session are: Czechia, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Pakistan, Zambia, Japan and Sri Lanka

The forty-second session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 23 January to 3 February 2023, during which 13 States will have their human rights records examined.  The holding of this session marks the second to take place within the…

Source: Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |

President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon Meets with Qin Gang

Qin Gang briefed President Bongo on the essential requirements and distinct features of Chinese modernization

On January 12, 2023 local time, President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Libreville. Qin Gang first conveyed President Xi Jinping's cordial greetings to President Bongo. He said that the China-Gabon friendship, which was jointly forged by the older generation of leaders…