Gabon: Twenty NGOs Banned
(Feb. 2, 2008) The Government of Gabon has accused about 20 non-governmental organizations of interfering in the political life of the country and has placed a temporary ban on their activities. The...
View ArticleFrance; Gabon: Gabonese President Ordered to Pay Restitution
(Oct. 6, 2008) On September 29, 2008, a court of appeal in Bordeaux, France, confirmed a June 2007 ruling ordering Omar Bongo, the President of Gabon, to return €457,347 (about US$654,000) to the son...
View ArticleGabon: Ban on Export of Unfinished Lumber
(Nov. 23, 2009) According to a November 6, 2009, announcement, confirmed by the Ministry of Water and Forests, Gabon has decided to ban the export of unhewn timber, beginning in 2010. The goals of the...
View ArticleGabon: Finance Law Adopted
(Mar. 17, 2010) On February 5, 2010, Gabon adopted a new Finance Law. It is applicable from the beginning of the year and sets individual income tax rates based on income brackets, as follows: Annual...
View ArticleGabon: 2012 Tax Incentives
(Apr. 5, 2012) On January 2, 2012, the President of Gabon promulgated Decree No. 0001 on the Finance Law for 2012. Tax incentives under the new Law apply to cement production and to the wood industry....
View ArticleGabon: Court Confirms Election of Incumbent President
(Oct. 3, 2016) On September 24, 2016, Gabon’s Constitutional Court upheld the re-election of the country’s President, Ali Bongo Ondimba; the results of the August 27 vote, in which the margin of...
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