News Gabon Business: Gabon to buy Carlyle's oil business, preempting $1.3 billion sale
LONDON (Reuters) -Gabon's national oil company has agreed to acquire Carlyle's Assala Energy after it used its right to preempt the sale of the business for $1.3 billion to France's Maurel & Prom, the firms said on Friday. Maurel & Prom had agreed in August to acquire Assala Energy for $730 million, a deal which also included rolling over a $600 million credit facility. But following a military coup in the west African country in late August, the Gabonese national oil firm sought to exercise its preemptive right on the acquisition in November.
News Gabon Business: Gabon awaits results in its first legislative and local elections after the 2023 military coup
LIBREVILLE – The oil-rich central African nation of Gabon on Saturday voted in the country's first legislative and local elections since a 2023 military coup ended a 50-year-old political dynasty.
News Gabon Business: Russia and China block UN support for sanctions on Mali
Russia and China blocked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday from supporting new sanctions on Mali for its military leaders’ decision to delay next month’s elections until 2026, a blow to the ...
News Gabon Business: 2021 AFCON: Andre Ayew sits out training ahead of Gabon game on Friday
The Black Stars resumed full training session at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium Annex on Wednesday morning without skipper Andre Ayew.
