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Gabon – country in west
central Africa sharing
borders with the Gulf of
Guinea to the west,
Equatorial Guinea to the
northwest, and Cameroon to
the north, with the Republic
of the Congo curving
around the east and south.
 ~
2,250,000.
It has a population of approximately 2 million inhabitants
and French is their official languange.
History
Portuguese traders who arrived in the mid-
1400s gave the area its name of Gabon. For a
century beginning in the 1760s, trade came to
focus mostly on enslaved people. As the slave
trade declined in the late 1800s, France
colonized the country and directed a
widespread extraction of Gabonese resources.
 Culture
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  More than half of the country is
literate. Both girls and boys go to
school until they are 16 years old,
unless they cannot pay for books or
supplies. A lot of children are born
out of wedlock, because once
married, the child belongs to the
husband who owns everything else.
Divorce is uncommon, but if divorce
happens, if the child is born before
the marriage, he/she would belong
to the mother. Multiple wives
(polygyny) is a sign of wealth for
men in Gabon.
There are several different belief systems in Gabon. The majority of
the Gabonese are Christian. There are three times as many Roman
Catholics as Protestants. These beliefs are simultaneously held with
Bwiti, an ancestral worship. There are also several thousand
Muslims, most of whom have immigrated from other African
countries.
 GOVERNMENT
Since Independence, the country enjoys political stability. The
President is elected at universal suffrage for seven year term with no
term limits. Gabon has three branches of government. The executive
branch includes the president, his prime minister, and his Council of
Ministers, all appointed by him. The legislative branch is made up of
the 120-seat National Assembly and the 91-seat Senate, both of which
are elected every five years. The judicial branch includes the Supreme
Court, the High Court of Justice, an appellate court, and a state
security court.
 Type: Republic; multiparty presidential regime.
Independence: 17 August 1960 (from France).

Within a year of independence, Leon M’BA won the

first presidential election in 1961. El Hadj Omar
BONGO Ondimba assumed the presidency after
M’BA’s death in 1967, for four decades (1967-
2009). He was reelected by wide margins in 1995,
1998, 2002, and 2005.
 ALI BONGO ONDIMBA
Following President BONGO's death in 2009,
new elections brought Ali BONGO Ondimba,
son of the former president, to power.

On January 7, 2019, taking advantage of a

prolonged absence by the President of the
Republic who was convalescing in Morocco,
several soldiers attempted to seize power. This
attempted coup culminated in the arrest of its
ringleaders.

In January 2019, a new government was sworn

in and then reorganized by presidential decree
on January 30, June 10, and in December 2019.
Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda

Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda

(born 1964) is a Gabonese
politician who is serving as Prime
Minister of Gabon since 16 July
2020, making her the first female
prime minister of the country. She
previously served as the Mayor of
Libreville and later as the country's
Defense Minister
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
01
Since independence, Gabon has
followed a nonaligned policy,
advocating dialogue in international
affairs and recognizing each side of
divided countries.
03
Gabon is a member of the United
Nations (UN) and others.
02
Gabon played an important leadership role in the
stability of Central Africa through involvement in
mediation efforts its neighboring countries.
04
The relationship between Gabon and
France is marked by close cooperation.
 International Affiliations
 African Union (AU)  Inter-African Conference of the Insurance Markets
(ICIM)
 United Nations (UN)
 Organization for the Harmonisation of Business Law
 Economic and Monetary Community of Central in Africa (OHADA)
Africa (CEMAC)
 United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
 Economic Community of the Central African State Organization (UNESCO)
(CEECAC)
 World Tourism Organization (WTO)
 Organization Africaine de la Propriete Intellectuelle
(OAPI)  World Trade Organization (WTO)

 Commonwealth
Gabon has many riches. It is one of the world's largest producers of manganese, and is the
world's largest producer of okoume, a softwood used to make plywood. President Omar Bongo
has sold the rights to the majority of the forest to French and Asian lumber companies. Oil is
another major export, and the petroleum revenues form over half of Gabon's annual budget. Lead
and silver have also been discovered, and there are large deposits of untapped iron ore that
cannot be reached because of the lack of infrastructure.
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 Bilateral Agreement
Joint Commission

Senate Resolution No. 684, s. 1976 Senate Resolution No. 801, s. 1981

Trade Agreement between the Accord on cultural cooperation between

Government of the Republic of the the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines and the Government of the Philippines and the Government of the
Gabonese Republic. Signed in Republic of Gabon. Signed in Manila,
Libreville, September 11, 1976. 17 September 1981.
Republic Of Congo
BRAZZAVILLE
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Before colonization, the territory was a
center of trade, bartering all kinds of
goods such as textiles and jewelry in
exchange for copper, ivory and even
slaves.
By the early 19th century, the Congo
River had become a major avenue of
commerce between the coast and the
interior. The formal proclamation of the
colony of French Congo came in 1891.

Early French efforts to exploit their

possession led to ruthless treatment of the
local people and the subjection of the
territory to extreme exploitation by
concessionary companies.
The Republic of the Congo, commonly referred to as
The Congo, is a 132,000 square mile nation in the
central part of Africa.
 ~
5,125,821.
The country was home to approximately 5,125,821 people
which was the 124th highest population globally.
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PEOPLE
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GOVERNANCE
Two major parties existed at independence: the
African Socialist Movement (Mouvement
Socialiste Africain; MSA) and the Democratic
Union for the Defense of African Interests
(Union Démocratique pour la Défense des
Intérêts Africains; UDDIA).

UDDIA leader Fulbert Youlou formed the first

parliamentary government in 1958; in 1959 he
became premier and president.
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