• Events in the year 1990 in Gabon. President: Omar Bongo Ondimba Prime Minister: Léon Mébiame (until 3 May), Casimir Oyé-Mba (from 3 May) Opposition parties...
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    Gabon (/ɡəˈbɒn/ gə-BON; French pronunciation: [ɡabɔ̃] ; Sangu: Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (French: République gabonaise), is a country on...
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    Gabon is a country in Central Africa, lying along the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the Bight of Biafra. Area Total: 267,668 km² country rank in the world:...
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  • Gabon before European contact. Bantu migrants settled the area beginning in the 14th century. Portuguese explorers and traders arrived in the area in...
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    Gabon (French: Rassemblement national des bûcherons–Rassemblement pour le Gabon, RNB–RPG) is a political party in Gabon. The party was established in...
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  • The Gabon national football team (French: Équipe de football du Gabon) represents Gabon in men's international football. The team's nickname is The Panthers...
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    Gabon is characterized by strong links with France, large foreign investments, dependence on skilled foreign labor, and decline of agriculture. Gabon...
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    The politics of Gabon takes place in a framework of a republic whereby the president of Gabon is head of state and in effect, also the head of government...
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    Libreville (redirect from Libreville, Gabon)
    Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located on the Gabon Estuary. Libreville occupies 65 square kilometres (25 sq mi) of the northwestern...
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    were held in Gabon in 1990, the first multi-party elections in the country since 1967. The first round of voting was held on 16 September 1990, with a second...
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    dropped in 1990. Bicameral system was introduced, and Senate of Gabon was established in 1997. List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon, 1990–1996...
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    The Demographics of Gabon is the makeup of the population of Gabon. As of 2020, Gabon has a population of 2,225,287. Gabon's population is relatively young...
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  • Gabon has one of the highest urbanization rates in Africa with 1 in 5 of its citizens living in the urban areas. 3% of its GDP accounts for its total...
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    Gabon, also known as the Gabonese Republic is a sovereign state located in Central Africa along the Atlantic coastline. Gabon gained its independence...
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    Education in Gabon is largely based on the French educational system. On the federal level, it is regulated by two Ministries: the Ministry of Education...
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    On 30 August 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Gabon shortly after the announcement that incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba had won the general election...
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    territory in the immediate aftermath of the Armistice. The Battle of Gabon (French: Bataille du Gabon), also called the Gabon Campaign (Campagne du Gabon), occurred...
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    The flag of Gabon (French: drapeau du Gabon) is a tricolour consisting of three horizontal green, yellow and blue bands. Adopted in 1960 to replace the...
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  • Colonised by the French in the 19th century, Gabon became independent in 1960. -400 000 years: shaped stones found near Otoumbi in the middle of the country...
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  • André Dieudonné Berre (category Mayors of places in Gabon)
    (born 3 September 1940) is a Gabonese politician. He served in the government of Gabon from 1990 to 2003 and was the Mayor of Libreville, the capital and...
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    Gabonese President Léon M'ba. Before the coup, Gabon was seen as one of the most politically stable countries in Africa. The coup resulted from M'ba's dissolution...
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  • soukous singer and guitarist. He was born in Mayumba in south-west Gabon in 1959. He is best known for his 1990 song Bane. N'Goma's was first exposed to...
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    Léon M'ba (category Presidents of Gabon)
    both the first Prime Minister (1959–1961) and President (1961–1967) of Gabon. A member of the Fang ethnic group, M'ba was born into a relatively privileged...
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    Gendarmerie of Gabon (French: Gendarmerie nationale gabonaise) is the national police force of Gabon responsible for law enforcement in Gabon. It is under...
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  • was played in two venues in Algiers and Annaba. Referees Laurent Petcha (Cameroon) Mohamed Hussam El-Dine (Egypt) Jean-Fidèle Diramba (Gabon) Badou Jasseh...
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  • Gabonese Democratic Party (category 1953 establishments in Gabon)
    a political party in Gabon. It was the dominant political party in Gabonese politics from 1961 until 2023, when it was deposed in a coup d'état against...
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  • Albert Ondo Ossa (category Government ministers of Gabon)
    Teachers and Researchers) from 1990 to 1998. This was the first free union which made a decisive contribution, in 1990 in Gabon. Albert Ondo Ossa has contributed...
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    Omar Bongo (category Presidents of Gabon)
    president of Gabon for almost 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. Bongo was promoted to key positions as a young official under Gabon's first President...
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    Jean Ping (category Candidates for President of Gabon)
    returning to Gabon in 1984, Ping began his political career as chief of staff to Omar Bongo, President of the Gabonese Republic. On 26 February 1990, Ping was...
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    Elections in Gabon take place within the framework of a presidential multi-party democracy with the Gabonese Democratic Party, in power since independence...
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