Government of Gabon

• Update: Vaalco Energy Provides Operations Update Following Gabon Industrial Action

HOUSTON, April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VAALCO Energy, Inc. ("VAALCO") (NYSE: EGY) today provided an update on its operations following the commencement of industrial action in Gabon by the National Organisation of Oil Employees (ONEP), which began at midnight, March 31, 2011. ONEP launched the action against the Gabonese government as part of a dispute over the government's labor regulations. ONEP is requesting the publication of a decree from the government of Gabon regulating the employment of foreign labor. Reportedly, ONEP represents approximately 4,000 of the 5,000 workers in the industry, including approximately 45 VAALCO employees in Gabon. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100316/NY71495LOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• April 04, 2011

• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, (Iam), an Association, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec); the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria (Algeria); the Republic of Ecuador (Ecuador); the Gabonese Republic (Gabon); Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia); Imperial Government of Iran (Iran); Republic of Iraq (Iraq); State of Kuwait (Kuwait); Libyan Arab Republic (Libya); Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria); State of Qatar (Qatar); Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia); State of United Arab Emirates, (United Arab Emirates); and the Republic of Venezuela (Venezuela), Defendants-Appellees., 649 F.2d 1354 (9th Cir. 1981)

James H. Davis, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Antonin Scalia, Chicago, Ill., Khalid Abdullah Tariq Al Mansour, San Francisco, Cal., fo...

• Federal Circuits

• Vaalco Energy Provides Operations Update Following Gabon Industrial Action

HOUSTON, April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VAALCO Energy, Inc. ("VAALCO") (NYSE: EGY) today provided an update on its operations following the commencement of industrial action in Gabon by the National Organisation of Oil Employees (ONEP), which began at midnight, March 31, 2011. ONEP launched the action against the Gabonese government as part of a dispute over the government's labor regulations. ONEP is requesting the publication of a decree from the government of Gabon regulating the employment of foreign labor. Reportedly, ONEP represents approximately 4,000 of the 5,000 workers in the industry, including approximately 45 VAALCO employees in Gabon. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100316/NY71495LOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• April 04, 2011

• Waivers of Restriction on Assistance:

... the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]. FR Doc No: 2011-254...Gabon. Pursuant to Section 7086(c)(2) of the Department ...

• FR, October 03, 2011
• Notices
• State Department

• Quarterly FCPA Report: Fourth Quarter 2011

...The government scrutiny of corporate activities has incentivized ... the minister of defense for the country of Gabon. The government alleges that the defendants agreed...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Government of Gabon Issues Invitation to Universal Communication Systems, Inc. Subsidiary, AirWater Corporation, to Visit Capital for Top-Level Negotiations.

Business Editors MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2003 Universal Communication Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:UCSY) and AirWater Corporation company chairma...

• Business Wire
• October 29, 2003

• Election Results Trigger Unrest in Gabon

LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- Gabon's government declared late dictator Omar Bongo's son the winner of presidential elections Thursday, triggering the worst violence in years in the oil-rich nation. In Gabon's steamy coastal city of Port Gentil, mobs protesting 50- year-old Ali Bongo's electoral victory burned France's consulate, attacked the offices of French oil giant Total and pillaged shops.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• September 04, 2009

• Uo Enters Pioneering Agreement with African Country of Gabon

The Gabon-Oregon Transnational Research Center will support joint research endeavors and match Pacific Northwest expertise to Gabon's vision for sustainable economic development EUGENE, Ore., June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere is in Washington, D.C., today to meet with Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba and enter into a groundbreaking research and training partnership with the west- central African nation.

... - will partner with the Gabonese government to fulfill its vision of turning the country into ...

• U.S. Newswire
• June 10, 2011

• Democracy in Africa has a Long Way to Go

When most African countries were governed as one-party democracies, replete with press censorship, repression of opposition, secret police and political prisoners, President Bongo's Gabon fell in the majority. [...] if instant democracy is not the answer to the economic and social development problems in Africa, what should the U.S. government look to promote as the political additive that will stimulate economic growth and prosperity? The newest African organizational mechanism designed to establish the underpinnings of sustainable economic growth, NEPAD promotes "peer review for good governance"; and includes programs, such as one in which African governments volunteer to have their peers review, analyze and grade the state of their governance.

• Journal of International Peace Operations
• Vol. 5 Nbr. 3, November 2009

• Ballot Ruling Shakes Gabon -- Corrupt Family Will Still Rule Impoverished State

LIBREVILLE, Gabon - Gabon's government declared late dictator Omar Bongo's son the winner of presidential elections Thursday, triggering the worst violence in years in the oil-rich nation. In Gabon's steamy coastal city of Port Gentil, mobs protesting 50- year-old Ali Bongo's electoral victory burned France's consulate, attacked the offices of French oil giant Total and pillaged shops.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• September 04, 2009