afrol News, 10 November - In a drive to market Gabon's "unspoilt" forests and coastline to Western tourists, the government shies no efforts. Only weeks before...
Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company The New York Times November 10, 2005 Thursday Late Edition - Final SECTION: Section A; Column 3; National Desk; Pg. 1...
This site was already pretty spiffy months ago, but someone's gone and hired a slickster with some serious Adobe Flash skills who has put PR campaigns for...
Pelosi and Waxman Request Documents Relating to Abramoff's Request for $9 Million to Arrange Meeting with Bush WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200511160140.html Interesting that the US is kicking in an additional $10 million grant to the $15 million World Bank loan. See...
Actually the 10 million does NOT come from US taxpayers. As the article correctly mentions it comes from Global Environmental Facility (www.gefweb.org). GEF...
Good points but bottom line is that Gabon/Omar Bongo is receiving $25 million of foreign funds that are partially controlled by the US, at a time when Bush and...
http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol3/v3n39glob.html According to the above, 1. The World Bank oversees GEF investment projects and the administration of the GEF...
GEF finances a portion of Gabon's National Parks projects, and is managed (in Mayumba, at least) by the environmental NGO the Wildlife Conservation Society,...
If the Bush administration really wanted to send Bongo money for the elections using the World Bank and GEF then they really screwed it up. It is going to be...
There are three different implementing UN agencies that help with the GEF, each according to their expertise. The World Bank's expertise happens to be...
The US, in 2002, pledged $53 million towards "The Congo Basin Initiative" to be spent by 2005. The additional funding from the World Bank may be for followup...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (Reuters) -- Gabon has banned campaign marches ahead of a weekend presidential poll following several disruptive incidents, Interior Minister...
Ambassador Wilson's "The Politics of Truth" is an excellent/enjoyable read that briefly covers his tenure as Ambassador of Gabon and San Tome in the early...
Hi Bob, Thanks for sharing. Interesting story. Shows how desperate things are getting. It also demonstrates how backwards things are here. It's like the Dark...
Thas just another way the US extends its interests abroad. Thru World Bank loans and grants that have little accountablity attached to them whatsoever. This...
Yea, right.. The World Bank is a puppet of the US, is headquartered in the US and was created by the US. I am sure that so-called international member board...
That type of money from the US would be more honorably used by getting the Peace Corps back in Gabon in full force. Let the PC help build schools, roads,...
The World Bank is as much as puppet of the US government as any other UN agency is. Let's not forget the headquarters of the UN is also in the US – if that...
Ironically I was talking to some Peace Corps folks here in Malawi on Thanksgiving. When I mentioned that the Peace Corps had just closed down the Mission in ...
I agree with Amin. I'd rather try to do something positive in the world rather than complain about how unfair life is--although I do admit that I do my fair ...
Giving any money to the Gov't of Gabon is a HUGE mistake. I think that funding would be better used given to an international NGO somewhat similar to Peace...
Amin writes: "If someone wants to live in a world of "conspiracy theories" where nothing is what it seems to be and there is always some evil hand controlling...
An NGO and the Peace Corps are antithesis of each other. At least if you want to design an NGO (non-governmental organization) ON a governmental institution...
Bob, you misunderstand me. The key to words to what I wrote were "… little thing…" I do subscribe to Joe Wilson's ideas (maybe not to that exaggerated...
I found that Wilson piece when I was googling Gabon news. http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=8164 I haven't evidenced any similar statements from Wilson...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/deb437c5c0e267fe05d75fc2 e9ea90f2.htm LIBREVILLE, 30 November (IRIN) - Omar Bongo, president of Gabon since 1967,...
Amin, Wow! Dude! Really way too hot to handle! Somebody pushed one of your hot buttons! That was quite the extreme tirade for someone who feels obliged to ...
Tom, I do like the Peace Corps – but for the reason I said. It simply makes young volunteers better people. I have no doubt in my mind that the benefits...
