http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2006/2006-12-07-03.asp WASHINGTON, DC, December 7, 2006 (ENS) - The Ebola virus has wiped out as many as 5,000 lowland...
A survey by Employee Conditions Abroad International, a membership organization for international human resources, has ranked Harare, Zimbabwe, as the world's...
What a tiring issue this has become, of how much expatriates must spend on "luxury goods, restaurant meals, and grocery costs." C'mon RPCVS, help me out here....
I personally, very rarely saw any "U.S. Americans" (or other Americans) buying Pringles or anything else. Gabon is not like some other sub-Saharan African...
How sad about the gorillas. ... From: gabondiscussion@yahoogroups.com on behalf of bobutne Sent: Mon 12/11/2006 8:51 PM To: gabondiscussion@yahoogroups.com ...
Which proves my point entirely. If you're going to order your food over the Internet and have it shipped in from another part of the world, you shouldn't have...
How many US expatriates reside in Gabon? My guess, besides the US embassy staff, only a few missionaries and a few others working in the petroleum industry; in...
I must admit that at first I was taken aback but then pleasantly surprised by the strong responses in both directions (both pro and con) to this simple ...
For Bradley A. Hodges, I feel as you do about expats who can't adapt to the local lifestyle. In fact, I wrote about it in an essay for the PC Writers website. ...
Feel free to print anything from this discussion forum; it's public domain, right? (On second thought, perhaps you might ought to ask for a second on that from...
I like your logic!! All it proves is that Gabon is so expensive that it is more cost efficient for the people to have food shipped all the way from the US and...
Well, the reason it was a personal email to you (I just reposted it) was that I didn't want to turn this forum into a pissing contest. But since you brought up...
Amin Fly-off-the-handle Abari, I'm sorry you would judge someone's personality whom you haven't even met. Nevertheless, I won't apoligize for my personality. I...
http://outside.away.com/outside/destinations/200701/africa-gabon- national-parks-1.html "LOOKING UP AT THE FAT, GRAY SKY, it was hard to tell when, or even if,...
http://english.people.com.cn/200701/24/eng20070124_344453.html "Gabon and Morocco will stage a joint medico-military maneuver in June to benefit people in...
China will send 44 agricultural experts and technicians to Gabon to help small-scale farmers there improve crop and animal production, fish farming and...
Bob, Souns like a Chinese Peace Corps to me. GM ... _________________________________________________________________ Get live scores and news about your team:...
This is great. Food is the way to begin. What is it in the U.S. that prevents food from getting to all who need it? Shouldn't this be a no-brainer, given our...
By Kim Willsher in Paris, Sunday Telegraph A crisis of confidence caused by corruption scandals, French support of dictatorial regimes and a lack of political...
Hi Bob! When you were in Gabon, did all you guys ever go to a bar in Franceville called "Marianne's"? In the 80s it was the place to meet when the construction...
BELINGA, Gabon, Feb 26 (Reuters) By Antoine Lawson - The pygmies of Gabon's lush northeast equatorial forests may soon be learning Chinese. Buried deep in...
Hi Bob, Big news! What do you think the pygmies think about this? ... From: gabondiscussion@yahoogroups.com on behalf of bobutne Sent: Sun 2/25/2007 8:18 PM ...
I recall seeing groups of Chinese workers when I used to pass in front of the new Senate during its construction. I also remember when the Chinese president...
The forest people have largely left the interior bush to follow the timber companies or moved to be around the towns that dot Gabon's major roads. I doubt if...
You may recall that several years ago Micael Fay reported in the National Geographic about his trek across the entire country of Gabon. In the latest National...
Committee to Protect Journalists (New York) March 5, 2007 The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that authorities in the capital, Libreville, have...
Wow That is a big flipside! Imagine being held(tortured) at Guantanamo Bay for 5 years just because you are a journalist covering an illegal war! I support...
