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Last update: 4 minutes agoEnergy & Industry: Lloyd’s Register has won a classification and technical assurance contract for Perenco’s Dixstone sister company, covering the conversion of the LNG Bayelsa into an LNG floating storage unit (FSU) for Gabon’s Cap Lopez mini-LNG project, now temporarily named FSU LNG Cap Lopez, being converted at Drydocks World in Dubai; once moored off Gabon, it will support liquefaction, storage and export from a near-shore barge and is expected to help cut routine gas flaring. Diplomacy: Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have agreed a visa-free regime for diplomatic staff and civil servants, plus plans for regular political consultations and cooperation across judicial, environmental, health and mining sectors, overseen by a joint commission. Sports (CAF): African Stars will face Gabon’s AS Mangasport in the CAF Champions League preliminary round, with the first leg in Gabon on 5 September and the return leg on 12 September. Governance & Civic Space: A new analysis highlights that civic space is still widely repressed across Sub-Saharan Africa, but notes improvements in countries including Gabon, pointing to room for reforms that allow civil society to operate more freely. Independence Celebrations: President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema’s 66th Independence Day events in Libreville featured a major military parade and the inauguration of La Concorde, a memorial dedicated to the composer of Gabon’s national anthem.
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