Gabon

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INFORMATION

Capital: Libreville

Government: Dominant-Party Presidential Republic

Current President: Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba

Economy:

  • Oil and petroleum related goods are responsible for about 50% GDP, about 70% of revenues, and 87% of goods exports.
  • Wood processing, food and beverage processing contribute to industrial GDP and, together with oil industries, combine to account for nearly 64% of GDP.

Population: 2,284,912 (July 2021 est.)

Land Size: 267,667 sq km (103,347 sq miles)

Major Ethnic Groups:

    • Fang
    • Bapounou
    • Nzebi
    • Obamba
    • Other Africans and Europeans: ~154,000
      • Including…
        • French: ~10,700
        • Dual Nationality: ~11,000
Religions:

  • Roman Catholic: 42.3%
  • Protestant: 12.3%
  • Other Christian: 27.4%
  • Muslim: 9.8%
  • Animist: <1%
  • Other <1%
  • None: 7.1%

Language(s):

  • French (official)
  • Fang
  • Myene
  • Nzebi
  • Bapounou/Eschira
  • Bandjabi

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RECENT NEWS

  • Thu - Mar 28, 2024: Thousands Arrive in Gabon for Dialogue to End Military Transition - AllAfrica News: Gabon
    [VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Thousands of people are gathering in Libreville and Akanda for what the government calls an Inclusive National Dialogue, to be held April 2 to 30, aimed at bringing Gabon back to civilian rule.
  • Mon - Mar 4, 2024: APS Inks Cooperation Agreement With Gabon's AGP - AllAfrica News: Gabon
    [Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Algeria Press Service (APS) agency and the Gabonese news agency "AGP" signed Saturday, in Algiers, a cooperation agreement on the exchange of media content and expertise.
  • Thu - Feb 29, 2024: Towards the Elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis By 2030 - AllAfrica News: Gabon
    [WHO] After three days of intense and constructive discussions, the Annual Coordination Meeting of the Countries Endemic for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) ended today in Libreville, Gabon. This meeting, which brought together some forty participants from 21 endemic countries, including national programme managers and coordinators, with the technical and financial support of the World Health Organization (WHO), was an opportunity to take stock of the progress made in the fight against g-HAT, as