Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

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

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

exclusive maritime economic zone boundary dispute with Cameroon is presently before the ICJ ; maritime boundary dispute with Gabon because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay ; maritime boundary dispute with Nigeria and Cameroon because of disputed jurisdiction over oil-rich areas in the Gulf of Guinea

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.

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, since he appoints the prime minister and his cabinet.

For administrative purposes, Gabon is divided into nine provinces, which are further divided into 36 prefectures and eight separate subprefectures.

Gabon ’ s industry is centered on petroleum, manganese mining, and timber processing.

Gabon is sub-Saharan Africa ’ s third-largest crude oil producer and exporter, although there are concerns that proven reserves are declining and production has declined as well.

The Sogara oil refinery at Port-Gentil is the sole refinery in Gabon.

Perhaps the most important station in Gabon ( and one that many shortwave radio listeners are familiar with ) is the privately owned Afrique Numero Un, which operates on FM in the Libreville area and also broadcasts via shortwave radio.

However, RTG is the only television broadcaster operating in Gabon.

Gabon is also a member of the International Criminal Court with a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the US-military ( as covered under Article 98 ).

Gabon is represented in Canada by an Embassy in Ottawa.

Gabon is involved in a maritime boundary dispute with Equatorial Guinea because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay.

As of 2008, around 10, 000 French nationals lived and worked in Gabon, while the 6th Marine Infantry Battalion of the French military is also stationed there.

A former state monopoly now controlled by French entertainment giant Vivendi, Maroc Telecom is one of the region's fastest-growing multinational telecoms operators, actively pursuing expansion across northwest Africa, including Gabon, Mauritania and Burkina Faso.

1927 saw the publication of Trader Horn, the memoir of Alfred Aloysius Smith, who had worked for a British trading company in what is now Gabon in the late 1800s.

Situated on the Equator, it is bordered by the Angola exclave of Cabinda to the south ( 201 km ), the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south and east ( 2, 410 km ), the Central African Republic ( 467 km ) and Cameroon ( 523 km ) to the north and Gabon to the west ( 1, 903 km ).

The economy of South Africa is the largest in Africa, accounts for 24 % of its Gross Domestic Product in terms of PPP, and is ranked as an upper-middle income economy by the World Bank, which makes the country one of only four countries in Africa represented in this category ( the others being Botswana, Gabon and Mauritius ).

* December 18 – Omar Bongo is re-elected as President of Gabon in the country's first multiparty elections.

The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia.

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.

The ackee, also known as achee, akee apple or akee ( Blighia sapida ) is a member of the Sapindaceae ( soapberry family ), native to tropical West Africa in Cameroon, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d ' Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

A member of the Fang ethnic tribe, M ' ba was born on 9 February 1902 in Libreville, Gabon.

Omar Bongo, who was President of Gabon in the late 20th century, was a member of the Bateke.

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When a specimen of the African River Martin from Gabon was first formally described by German zoologist Gustav Hartlaub in 1861, it was not initially identified as a member of the swallow and martin family.

Gabon has been a strong proponent of regional stability, and Gabonese armed forces played an important role in the UN Peacekeeping Mission to the Central African Republic ( MINURCA ).

Among them are presidents of Namibia, Angola, Sri Lanka and South African Republic, Gabon and Nigeria ; prime-ministers Bangladesh, Kazakhstan ; UN Chief Executive Officer on Education, Culture and Science ; Director of CEPES.

In December 2008, Gabon signed the non-binding UN declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity calling for the global decriminalization of homosexuality, one of only six African countries to do so.

Gabon hosted a meeting in 2005, to solve the crisis following Bozizé barring of some candidates in the election.

* 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 ).