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Gabon, Equatorial Guinea report progress in border row

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Accra, Ghana - Gabon and Equatorial Guinea said on Tuesday that they had made substantial progress towards referring their border dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the main judicial organ of the United Nations.

Data Roaming in UK, USA, Kenya for Celtel Nigeria customers

Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Celtel Nigeria LogoCeltel Nigeria is now offering DATA ROAMING SERVICES to its customers in many hot spots of the world including the United States of America, United Kingdom, Ghana, and Kenya. Others includes South Africa, the United Arab Emirate, Sri Lanka, and Gabon, Senegal and Kuwait. Customers of Celtel can now do data roaming on a [...]

Gabon: On President Bongo's wealth

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Jeremy Weate at Naijablog posted an article on Gabonese President Omar Bongo's taste for luxury.

GABON AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA REPORT PROGRESS IN UN-LED EFFORTS TO END BORDER ROW

Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

GABON AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA REPORT PROGRESS IN UN-LED EFFORTS TO END BORDER ROW New York, Jul 22 2008 2:00PM Gabon and Equatorial Guinea said today that they have made substantial progress towards referring their border dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the main judicial organ of the United Nations. In a joint statement issued after two days of meetings at the UN Office in Geneva...

• GABON AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA REPORT PROGRESS IN UN-LED EFFORTS TO END BORDER ROW - International
• Gabon and Equatorial Guinea report progress in UN-led efforts to end border row - UN News Centre

Bongo, the des res despot

Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

A mansion worth £15m in one of Paris’s most elegant districts has become the latest of 33 luxury properties bought in France by President Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, the world’s longest-serving leader, and his family, it was alleged last week.

Hey Benin, this gift's a lot bigger than you are!

The Audacious Epigone (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

Other than being located on the continent of Africa, what do Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique,...

Gabon reaffirms its commitment to Union Govt

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Dakar, Senegal - Gabon's Foreign Affairs Minister, Mrs. Laure Gondjout, said Thursday in Dakar that her country shared the principle for the establishment of the Union Government in accordance with terms and a road map to be agreed on.

DRC, Gabon withdraw from Central African Soccer cup contest

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

Douala, Cameroon - After failing to travel to Limbe, in south-western Cam eroon, where the first edition of the Union of the Central African Football Asso c iations (UNIFAC) under-17 tournament is taking place, the organising committee of the event has declared that the DR Congo (DRC) and Gabon have withdrawn from the race, PANA reported here.

Crackdown on human skulls thieves

IOL (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

A police sting in Gabon has brought down a ring of grave robbers suspected of selling human skulls.

• Gabon arrests alleged human skull traffickers - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Gabon arrests alleged human skull traffickers - kansascity.com
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Bob Geldof and Bono don't harangue this lot

Liberty Scott (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

Africa's kleptocratic leaders. When Bob Geldof and Bono bleat on to the Western world about how it is "neglecting Africa" you might ask why they don't ask Equatorial Guineas's president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema why his son needs a US$35 million Malibu mansion, or why Gabon's President Omar Bongo has a 19 million Euro property in Paris. According to the Daily Telegraph " the French fraud body OCRGDF,...

Gabon: Grave robber ring sold human skulls

OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

A police sting in Gabon brought down a ring of grave robbers suspected of selling human skulls to makers of traditional medicines …

Eight Arrested on Charges of Selling Human Skulls

Get Mash (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

Eight Gabonese suspects were arrested last week in connection with the sale of nine human skulls and femur bones to traditional healers in Gabon Read the full story

Grave Robbers Arrested In Africa, Suspected Of Trafficing Human Skulls

WayOdd (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

A police sting intended to deter grave robbers has led to the arrest of eight who steal skulls to be sold for use in rituals. The Associated Press reported that police were alerted by families who had noticed that their loved one's graves had been tampered with near Gabon's capital. Authorities staked-out the cemeteries, and arrested eight suspects for the stealing nine skulls and a femur bone. Police...

Gabon arrests alleged human skull traffickers

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

A police sting in Gabon brought down a ring of grave robbers suspected of selling human skulls to makers of traditional medicines and amulets, officials said Wednesday.

• Gabon arrests alleged human skull traffickers - kansascity.com
• Gabon arrests alleged human skull traffickers - Seattle Post-Intelligencer