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USA’s surprising ranking on list of safest countries for solo female travelers
New York Post
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May 10, 2025
Women jet-setting alone this year should put Spain, Austria and Italy at the top of their bucket lists, a new study has found. The European countries, led by Spain with a top score of 89, were ranked safest for women traveling solo based on...
An expensive high: Gabon longs to cash in on sacred hallucinogenic remedy
Malay Mail
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May 10, 2025
LIBREVILLE, May 10 — 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...
A hopeful Gabon looks to the future
Polity
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Gabonese voters have given President Nguema a strong mandate to break with the country’s past and steer economic and political renewal. Nineteen months after the military-led coup that ousted Ali Bongo and ended the 56-year Bongo dynasty, the...
Israeli deputy FM visits Gabon amid diplomatic push in Africa
Jewish News Syndicate
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May 5, 2025
(May 5, 2025 / JNS) Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel visited the central African nation of Gabon over the weekend to attend the inauguration of the country’s new president in the latest diplomatic outreach to the continent. The trip...
Nguema sworn in as president in Gabon
SABC News
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May 4, 2025
Former Gabon army general, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, was formally sworn in as Gabon’s president on Saturday, marking the end of a 19-month transitional period under military rule as the country returns to constitutional governance. Nguema...
President Mahama in Libreville for inauguration of new Gabon president
Graphic
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May 3, 2025
President John Dramani Mahama is in the Gabonese capital, Libreville, to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of Gabon’s President-elect, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema on Saturday, May 3, 2025. President Mahama is leading a Ghanaian...
Shettima to Represent Nigeria at Inauguration of Gabon’s President-elect Today
The News (Nigeria)
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May 3, 2025
VP Shettima traveling At the instance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima will on Saturday, May 3, 2025, depart Abuja for Libreville, Gabon, to represent Nigeria at the inauguration of the country’s President-elect,...
Pressure group warns possible electoral manipulation in overseas ID card scheme
The Point
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The group asserted that the initiative poses serious concerns regarding electoral manipulation and national security risks. At a press conference held yesterday at St. Charles Parish Hall, members of the pressure group accused the government of...
FAZ BOSS JOINS FAMILY MEMBERS IN REMEMBERING GABON HEROES ON 32ND ANNIVERSARY
Zambian Observer
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April 29, 2025
FAZ BOSS JOINS FAMILY MEMBERS IN REMEMBERING GABON HEROES ON 32ND ANNIVERSARY FAZ president Andrew Kamanga kept to his unbroken tradition of paying homage to the 1993 Gabon heroes on the occasion marking 32 years since their passing. Kamanga in...
OPINION: African Leaders’ Medical Exodus: A Crisis Of Dignity And Domestic Neglect
The Will
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July 16, 2025
July 16, (THEWILL) — The recent death of Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari, in a London hospital has reignited a painful spotlight on Africa’s leadership paradox. While its rulers routinely seek world-class medical care abroad—often at...
World’s best beaches revealed and one in the UK makes the list – alongside Thailand and Bahamas
The Sun
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April 25, 2025
A UK beach has been named one of the best 100 in the world. Fistral Beach in Cornwall is often celebrated for being a surf hub, but now it has also been named as one of the top 100 beaches in the world by Corona beer. 6 Fistral Beach in Cornwall...
U.S.-Africa Summit: Whither Nigeria?
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
For decades, Nigeria, the country that is home to the largest black population in the world, has proudly carried the epithet: ‘Giant of Africa.’ For this, it has often been in the forefront in the defense and propagation of the sovereignty and...
Destination Gabon: Central Africa's ‘last Eden’ eyes eco-tourism and luxury to attract global tourists
Malay Mail
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April 14, 2025
LIBREVILLE, April 14 — Otangani fishing village, a short boat ride from Gabon’s capital, has no running water or electricity but hopes to attract tourists. Despite the soft white sands and wildlife of its parks, tourists are few and far between on...
Map Shows US Travel Warnings for Africa Right Now
Newsweek
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April 14, 2025
Americans have been warned against travelling to certain parts of Africa, with a string of updated advisories issued by the U.S. State Department in recent weeks. Meanwhile, many other countries on the continent remain covered by long-standing...
Trump's proposed travel ban should bar the US from hosting 2026 FIFA World Cup
Press TV
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By Nima Tavallaey Roodsari With the Donald Trump administration considering stricter travel bans, calls are growing for the world football's governing body FIFIA to consider relocating the 2026 World Cup from the US. In 2017, during his first...
Destination Gabon: Africa's 'Eden' bids to woo world tourists
eNCA
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Otangani fishing village, a short boat ride from Gabon's capital, has no running water or electricity but hopes to attract tourists. Despite the soft white sands and wildlife of its parks, tourists are few and far between on the Pointe-Denis...
Key issues for investors in Gabon's presidential election
Zawya
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Nairobi: Voters in Gabon will go to the polls on Saturday in a presidential election as the country's junta leader seeks democratic legitimacy after taking power in a 2023 coup. WHO IS RUNNING IN THE ELECTION? Brice Oligui Nguema faces seven other...
Will pan-African air travel ever truly take off?
The Guardian
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April 9, 2025
Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, I dig into one of my biggest travelling bugbears. Why is it so circuitous, expensive, time-consuming and exhausting to travel within Africa? Circuitous … the logistics of pan-African travel can be a...
Coup leader, former premier run in Gabon presidential election
BusinessLIVE
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Libreville — Gabon holds a presidential election on Saturday, the first since a 2023 coup ended the Bongo family’s 56-year dynasty and which the country’s new military rulers hope will legitimise and cement their hold on power. Officers led by...
Abuja residents celebrate Igbo festival in grand style
Africanews
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July 15, 2025
It was a classic display of visual arts, music, dance, clothing, food, language and so much more as Abuja residents came out en masse to celebrate the Abuja Igbo Festival 2025. The day was an embodiment of the Ndi Igbo culture of southeastern...