It also means there will be two tournaments within twelve months in January 2012 ( co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea ) and January 2013 ( hosted by South Africa ).

When Gabon found itself on the brink of a civil war after the first multiparty presidential elections in 1993, with the opposition staging violent protests, Paris hosted the talks between Bongo and the opposition, resulting in the Paris Agreement / Accords which restored calm. In France, his old ally, Mr. Bongo and his family lived in the rarefied air of the super-rich.

After the 1962 tournament in Senegal, Gabon did not play a match until August 1965, when they hosted two friendlies against Nigeria, drawing 2-2 on 28 August and losing 4-1 the next day.

On 19 June 1971, Gabon hosted a qualifier for the football at the 1972 Summer Olympics in West Germany, and were knocked out after losing 3-2 to Cameroon.

Kabila had originally discounted the possibility of support from Francophone Africa but after a summit meeting in Libreville, Gabon, on 24 September, Chad agreed to send 2000 troops.

The MSA was formed following a meeting of the Section française de l ' Internationale ouvrière ( SFIO ) federations of Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, French Sudan ( now Mali ), Gabon, Guinea, Niger, Oubangui-Chari ( now the Central African Republic ), and Senegal ; the meeting was held in Conakry from January 11 to January 13, 1957.

Gabon had an estimated 56 airports in 2004, but only 11 of which had paved runways as of 2005.

In February 2005, the Presidents of Congo, of Gabon and of France, gathered at a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for a memorial to Pierre de Brazza, a mausoleum of Italian marble.

A study of Peace Corps volunteers in the highly Loa — endemic Gabon, for example, had the following results: 6 of 20 individuals in a placebo group contracted the disease, compared to 0 of 16 in the DEC-treated group.

Nzebi ( or Njebi ), a Bantu language of Gabon, has the following chain shift, triggered morphophonologically by certain tense / aspect suffixes:

They carried such influence in Gabon that following the February 1964 coup, the decision to seek military intervention was taken by the CEO of Union Générale des Pétroles ( UGP ; now known as Elf Aquitaine ), Pierre Guillaumat, Foccart, and other French businessmen and leaders.

The Air Affaires Gabon fleet includes the following aircraft ( as of 10 February 2010 ):

Air Service Gabon operated scheduled services to the following destinations ( at March 2009 ):

The Air Service Gabon fleet consisted of the following aircraft ( as of 15 November 2009 ):

Bozizé was born in Gabon, a member of the Gbaya people, and attended a military officers ' training college in the Central African province of Bouar.

Gabon is a member of the UN and some of its specialized and related agencies, including the World Bank ; Organization of African Unity ( OAU ); Central African Customs Union ( UDEAC / CEMAC ); EC association under Lome Convention ; Communaute Financiere Africaine ( CFA ); Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ); Non-Aligned Movement ; withdrew from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ).

* 1976 — Alex Shlyakhter uses samarium ratios from the Oklo prehistoric natural nuclear fission reactor in Gabon to show that some laws of physics have remained unchanged for over two billion years

The Ogooué ( or Ogowe ), some long, is the principal river of Gabon in west central Africa and the fourth largest river in Africa by volume of discharge, trailing only the Congo, Niger and Zambezi.

Its watershed drains nearly the entire country of Gabon, with some tributaries reaching into the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea.

Payment for some of the cars was taken directly from the treasury of Gabon ...

Gabon under Bongo was described in 2008 by the UK Guardian newspaper: Gabon produces some sugar, beer and bottled water.

" He was not beyond some measure of self-aggrandisement, " thus Gabon acquired Bongo University, Bongo Airport, numerous Bongo Hospitals, Bongo Stadium and Bongo Gymnasium.

The underscore is used as a diacritic mark, " combining low line ", in some African languages ( some languages using the Orthography of Gabon languages or Rapidolangue in Gabon, Izere in Nigeria ) and Native American languages ( Shoshoni ).

In the past some other African subspecies have been suggested such as hypopinarus from South Africa and caroli from the Gabon.

French is mostly a second language in Africa, but in some areas it has become a first language, such as in the region of Abidjan, Côte d ' Ivoire, Libreville, Gabon and in the Island of Réunion.

Although the members generally supported Federal Nigeria, some countries such as Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Zambia and Gabon recognized Biafra.

Nevertheless, many Fulbe herders transport their cattle to the big markets of Yaoundé and Douala for sale ( some make it as far as Gabon and Congo ).

Despite being considered as an experienced player, some of Song's mistakes in the tournament were called " self-destructive ": in the first game against Gabon, a defensive error by the veteran defender allowed Daniel Cousin's goal, and against Zambia in the second he headed a cross towards his own goal.

The most popular method of crossing the estuary is by pirogues ( dugout canoes ) can take passengers across the estuary to Gabon ; some even have outboard motors.

It is one of the major travel destinations in the region owing to the Crystal Mountains inland from the town, which contain some of the oldest rainforests in Gabon.

For instance, the Fang people of Gabon have used homophony in some of their music.

Concern is expressed due to the tree's rarity in some areas of its native tropical habitat in Gabon and Cameroon, typically less than one tree per square kilometre ; it is listed by the IUCN criteria as Critically Endangered ( Tree Conservation Information Service ).

Soon after concluding that Gabon had an insufficient number of people for a two-party system, the two party leaders agreed on a single list of candidates.

Soon after concluding that Gabon had an insufficient number of people for a two-party system, the two party leaders agreed on a single list of candidates.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

* 1960 – Decolonization: Gabon gains independence from France.

* 1993 – All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.

A bongo drinks from a swamp. Angola, Benin extinct ?, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d ' Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya ( the only place where the eastern bongo are found in the wild ), Liberia, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo extinct?

After a referendum on territorial autonomy on 28 September 1958, French Equatorial Africa was dissolved, and its four constituent states – Gabon, Congo ( Brazzaville ), the Central African Republic, and Chad became autonomous members of the French Community from 28 November 1958.

In 1906, the Oubangui-Chari territory was united with the Chad colony ; in 1910, it became one of the four territories of the Federation of French Equatorial Africa ( AEF ), along with Chad, Middle Congo, and Gabon.

The French forces were once again called to Bangui ( Operation Almadin II ), supported by military from Chad and Gabon.

On 6 December, a negotiation process started, facilitated by Gabon, Burkina-Faso, Chad and Mali.

Relations with Gabon are good, although it is not a neighbouring country.

France then flew in 300 troops and put three Dassault Mirage F1 jet fighters based in nearby Gabon on standby.

* 1935 – Omar Bongo, President of Gabon ( d. 2009 )

International flights operate from here to Nigeria, Gabon, Benin, Ethiopia, Spain, Germany and France.

The majority Fang ethnic group of mainland Equatorial Guinea extends both north and south into the forests of Cameroon and Gabon.

Equatorial Guinea is member of the Central African Economic and Monetary Union ( CEMAC ), which includes Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo ( Brazzaville ), and Gabon.

On the 29th of September, 1898, Samori Ture was captured by the French Commandant Gouraud and exiled to Gabon, marking the end of the Wassoulou Empire.

* 1991: Evacuation of French citizens and foreigners in Rwanda, Gabon and Zaire.

There is little written history of Gabon prior to European contact, but various Bantu peoples are known to have immigrated to the area beginning in the 14th century.

In 1910 Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa, a federation that survived until 1959.

From the 14th century until the present time Bantu groups immigrated into Gabon from several directions to escape enemies or to find new land.

Natives from Gabon ": Colonial postcard c. 1905

France occupied Gabon in 1885, but did not administer it until 1903.

In 1910 Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa, a federation that survived until 1959.

On 15 July 1960 France agreed to Gabon becoming fully independent.

On 17 August 1960 Gabon became an independent country.