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AFRICA OBSERVATORY - ISSUE 18
23 SEP - 07 OCT 2019
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT
This week, we told plenty of Gabon in Dwelling on Africa and Headline of the Week. With support received for rainforests, it will take an important action to reduce global warming and carbon emissions. With its broad-leaved trees and biological diversity, rainforests are very important for our ecology.
I recommend you to read carefully our articles about Gabon, which is an effective and important country despite its small size.
As TAFAC family, we saddened for victims of the floods in Sudan. But Turkey has extended a hand to the victimization and the many tents and relief supplies were delivered to Sudan. Two planes carrying 40 tons of food and supplies were sent to the region with the cooperation of AFAD and the Red Crescent in Turkey.
We aimed to offer you a short tour of Africa with one more important than the other. I hope we have achieved this goal.
Sincerely,
President of TAFAC
Abdulaziz Unal
DWELLING ON AFRICA: COUNTRY REPORT
DETAILED GENERAL COUNTRY REPORT ABOUT GABON
Dwelling on Africa: Country Report “Gabon”
Gabon is a country at the Equator in West-Central Africa bordering the Atlantic Ocean in West and is bordered by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo. With an area of 267,668 km², the country is somewhat larger than the United Kingdom, or slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Colorado.
Gabon has a population of estimated 1.5 million people. Capital and largest city is Libreville. Spoken languages are French (official) and a variety of Bantu languages. Because of its oil and mineral reserves and a relatively small population, Gabon is one of Africa's wealthier nations, which is able to protect and preserve its pristine rain forests with a rich biodiversity.
More than 10% of Gabon's area is protected...
HEADLINE OF THE WEEK
THE IMPORTANT HEADLINE OF ISSUE 18
ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND POLITICS
SUMMARY OF THE ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND POLITICS IN THIS ISSUE FROM TAFAC'S PERSPECTIVE
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