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Gabon's strategic resources, including uranium and oil, significantly shaped Franco-Gabonese relations during the 1960s. France relied on Gabon's uranium for its Force de frappe (nuclear deterrent) and, following the loss of French Algeria, on Gabon's oil to support its policy of energy independence. [3]
The French Community in 1959.. Following the accession to independence of its African colonies beginning in 1959, [1] France continued to maintain a sphere of influence over the new countries, which was critical to then President Charles de Gaulle's vision of France as a global power (or grandeur in French) and as a bulwark to British and American influence in a post-colonial world.
Both countries established diplomatic relations in February 1962 [121] Gabon has an embassy in Ottawa, and has sent ambassadors since 1971. Canada is accredited to Gabon from its embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon. [122] China: 20 April 1974: See China–Gabon relations. On 20 April 1974, China established diplomatic relations with Gabon. [123]
Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday and had put President Ali Bongo under house arrest, stepping in minutes after the Central African state's election ...
Gabon: See France–Gabon relations. Since independence, Gabon has been "one of France's closest allies in Africa". [163] As of 2008, around 10,000 French nationals lived and worked in Gabon, while the 6th Marine Infantry Battalion of the French military is also stationed there. France has an embassy in Libreville. Gabon has an embassy in Paris ...
On 30 August 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Gabon shortly after the announcement that incumbent president Ali Bongo had won the general election held on 26 August. It was the eighth successful coup to occur in West and Central Africa since 2020.
The first Gabonese immigrants in France came in the 1970s, like the other immigrants from Central Africa, some years after the first immigrant wave from Black Africa (Senegal Valley) in France. [1] There are more immigrants in France from countries which neighbors Gabon such as DR Congo (former Zaire), Congo and Cameroon.
A central feature of Françafrique was that state-to-state relations between French and African leaders were informal and family-like and were bolstered by a dense web of personal networks (or réseaux in French), whose activities were funded from the coopération budget.