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This report reviews the outcome of the recent Presidential election and implications for the private sector operating in Gabon.

This OSAC report provides a brief update on recent events in Sub-Saharan Africa to include post-election unrest in Mozambique, nationwide power grid collapses in Nigeria, and the upcoming constitutional referendum in Gab...

Over the past 18 months, piracy incidents emanating from Nigeria have proliferated in frequency, tactical diversity, and geographic spread throughout the Gulf of Guinea. In particular, maritime kidnapping-for-ransom inci...

Security forces have managed to restore order in Gabon’s urban areas, many of which experienced unrest following the announced electoral victory of President Ali Bongo Ondimba on August 31. Key opposition figure Jean Pin...

Gabon is holding its presidential election on Saturday, August 27. The country will likely experience some anti-government demonstrations if, as many observers expect, President Ali Bongo Ondimba emerges as the victor. B...

On December 2, Gabon’s largest oil workers’ union began an indefinite nationwide strike that could cause gasoline shortages throughout the country. The union said its workers would return to work only if the government a...

This interactive product is a compilation of information from previous OSAC reporting on Ebola and Department of State messaging by country.

This report examines the rise of Gulf of Guinea piracy from a private sector security perspective and highlights some of the obstacles to combating piracy as well as outside factors that could impact future security such...

This is a compilation of criminal activity affecting American citizens in Gabon during the first quarter of 2006 as reported by U.S. Embassy Libreville.

A string of deaths, including those of several adolescents, with indications that the motives were ritual in nature. The parents of the victims and their supporters held a protest vigil March 14 to focus the attention of...

This report is a compilation of criminal activity perpetrated against American citizens in Gabon during the fourth quarter of 2004 as reported by US Embassy Libreville.