Tullow Oil Divests Gabon Assets in US$300 Million Debt Reduction Move

British oil explorer Tullow Oil has agreed to sell its entire Gabonese portfolio to Gabon Oil Company for $300 million, marking a strategic shift toward core West African operations. The transaction, expected to close by mid-2025 pending regulatory …

Tullow Oil seals $300m Gabon assets sale to Gabon Oil Company

Tullow Oil has signed a share and purchase agreement (SPA) with Gabon Oil Company to sell its entire working interest in Gabon for a cash consideration of $300m (£252.57m). The deal encompasses Tullow’s Gabonese portfolio, which includes forecasted oil …

Gunvor Financed Gabon Deal for Tullow Oil Assets

Commodity trader Gunvor Group has made another significant oil deal in Gabon, its second since the country sought more control of national assets following a coup d’etat in 2023. State-owned Gabon Oil Company financed $220 million of a $300 million deal …

African Mining Week (AMW) 2025 To Spotlight The Impact Of Gabon’S Mining Code

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Gabon strives to expand the mining industry's GDP contribution to over 30% by the mid-2030s, using policies such as the Mining Code to attract investment and fuel development. By offering competitive incentives such …

Simba ready for Berkane tie, CAF appoints Gabon referee

Dar es Salaam. As Tanzania’s representative in the CAF Confederation Cup, Simba SC are set to depart this morning for Berkane, Morocco, ahead of their crucial first-leg clash against RS Berkane scheduled for Saturday. The match will kick off at 10:00 p.m. …

UN CERD Publishes Findings On Gabon, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, Republic Of Korea And Ukraine

GENEVA (9 May 2025) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) today issued its findings on Gabon, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, the Republic of Korea and Ukraine after reviewing the five States parties in its latest session. The …

Gabon's president pardons seven Angolan fishermen arrested for illegal fishing

According to the Angolan ambassador to Gabon, Joaquim Espírito Santo, quoted by Angop, the release of the seven Angolan fishermen is scheduled for this Monday. Cases of Angolan fishermen being detained, tried and convicted in Gabon for alleged illegal …

Gabon longs to cash in on sacred hallucinogenic remedy

Beneath yellow fruit, hidden within the roots of the iboga plant in the forests of Gabon, lies a sacred treasure that the country is keen to make the most of. For centuries, religious devotees have eaten it -- a psychotropic shrub that users say has …

Gabon wants to cash in on iboga's popularity in treating mental illness and addiction

Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests.  The behaviors — which are documented in a new study …