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Three missing from burning tanker off Malaysia

Three crew members are missing from a Gabon-registered tanker that caught fire on Monday in the South China Sea, a Malaysian maritime enforcement agency official said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Three crew missing after blaze on ageing tanker off Malaysia

Malaysian maritime authorities were searching on Tuesday for three crew missing from a Gabon-registered tanker a day after the 26-year-old vessel caught fire in waters off the southern coast.

Reuters

Three crew missing after tanker catches fire off Malaysia

Three crew members of a Gabon-registered tanker were missing after the vessel caught fire on Monday in waters off Malaysia's southern coast, Malaysian maritime authorities said.

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Soccer-Thirty years on, Zambia mourns national team killed in plane crash

Zambian football will on Friday commemorate the 30th anniversary of the plane crash that wiped out almost of all the national team, mourning the loss of a golden generation that players say inspired the nation to later victories.

Reuters

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's remarks on Thierry Henry backfire after his insult to Arsenal

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang raised eyebrows when he compared himself to Thierry Henry and it was a remark that has since backfired in spectacular fashion for the Gabon international

Irish Mirror

Sir Mo Farah prepares for his final London Marathon with low-key showing in Gabon

The big race in England takes place on 23 April

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Gabon ends search mission for missing ferry passengers

Seven people are still missing after a boat capsized on March 9, killing 30 passengers.

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LAFC hero Denis Bouanga nets winning goal just an hour after landing in Los Angeles

MLS Cup champions LAFC won again on Saturday night, but their game-winning goal came from a player who wasn't even in the continent until two hours before the match

Daily Mirror

At least 21 confirmed dead in Gabon ferry accident

Search teams in Gabon have recovered the dead bodies of 15 passengers of a ferry that sank off the West African country's coast last week, bringing the provisional death toll up to 21, the coordinator of rescue operations said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Civilians continue to flee fighting in eastern DR Congo

In tonight's edition: Vigils continue for the dozens missing in a ferry accident off the coast of Gabon's capital. Also, delegates for the UN Security Council meet some of the thousands displaced by ongoing clashes in eastern DR Congo. Finally, a new exhibition is set up in Senegal to bear…

France 24

Lebanon Says it Regains UN Voting Rights after Paying Dues

Lebanon has regained UN voting rights after paying dues for 2022 and 2023, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after the country, which is in deep financial crisis, lost its rights at the world body for the second time in three years. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a Jan. 17…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France, NGOs pledge €100m to protect world's tropical forests

President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France and two non-profits would contribute 100 million euros to an "action plan" for preserving the world's tropical forests.

Radio France Internationale

Guinea, Ivory Coast repatriate citizens from Tunisia

In tonight's edition: as hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants are attacked or made homeless in Tunisia after a racist presidential speech last week, Guinea sends a plane to repatriate some of its nationals. Other countries are set to follow suit. Also, France's president pledges €50 million in Gabon to help…

France 24

Macron vows era of French interference in Africa is over

The era of French interference in African affairs is "well over", President Emmanuel Macron said in Gabon on Thursday during his four-nation tour of central Africa.

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At Gabon talks, a debate on who pays to save world's forests

A summit on how to protect the world’s largest forests underway in Gabon is set to be dominated by the issue of who pays for the protection and reforesting of lands that are home to some of the world’s most diverse species and contribute to limiting planet-warming emissions

France 24

France's Macron kicks off four-nation Africa tour in Gabon

In tonight's edition: Nigeria's ruling APC party stays in control after Bola Tinubu is named winner of the presidential election. Also, French President Emmanuel Macron touches down in Gabon at the start of a central African tour. And we meet one of Senegal's e-sporting stars: Dexx Junior is hoping to…

France 24

Earth’s ‘green lung’ rainforests take centre stage at talks in Gabon

The sixth annual One Planet Summit begins on Wednesday, with the fate of forests at the top of the agenda. Politicians, scientists and NGOs will meet in Libreville, Gabon, to discuss the future of rainforests in the Congo basin, Southeast Asia and the Amazon basin – and whether countries in…

Radio France Internationale

Bongo, Macron host Gabon summit to protect and promote tropical forests

A two-day event tasked with promoting the critical environmental role played by the world's rainforests has gotten underway in the Gabonese capital Libreville. The One Forest Summit is shining a light on the Congo Basin forests in particular – which are under-researched and underfunded despite being a major frontier against…

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Nigeria's ruling party looks on track to win presidential elections

Nigeria's ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu appears to have an unassailable lead in the presidential elections, but calls for a re-run continue to mount amidst concerns of vote rigging. Also in this edition: we speak to the UN about how to improve maternal death rates. Finally, Gabon prepares to host…

France 24

France's strategy in Africa: Macron unveils changing military, economic agenda

With France's influence waning in Africa, it was time to push reset. President Emmanuel Macron has laid out a revamped strategy for the continent. He has insisted Africa is a priority of his second term as president. Indeed, this week he will head there for the second time since being…

France 24

France must demonstrate 'profound humility' toward Africa, Macron says ahead of four-nation trip

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday outlined France's new strategy for Africa, where anti-French sentiment runs high in some of its former colonies. Ahead of a visit to Gabon, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Macron said that France needs to demonstrate a "profound humility" in Africa.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moroccan King, Gabonese President Discuss Bilateral Ties

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has started an African tour that includes Gabon. The King is expected to visit Senegal on Monday where he would meet President Macky Sall, according to Asharq Al-Awsat sources. King Mohammed VI held talks on Wednesday with Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba at the Presidential Palace…

Reuters

Gabon president proposes cutting presidential mandate to five years

Gabon President Ali Bongo on Monday proposed shortening the presidential mandate from seven to five years as he began consultations to prepare for elections this year and measures to prevent violence.

France 24

How the 'Sonnedix Gabon' Ponzi scheme reeled in and scammed investors

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The psychedelic ibogaine can treat addiction. The race is on to cash in

Clinics and scientists around the world aim to turn a profit from a powerful Gabonese plant – but it’s an ethical and legal wild west

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