Central Africa

Gabon

Capital: Libreville
Head of state: Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema
U.S. chargé d’affaires: Susan N’Garnim

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Head of stateBrice Clotaire Oligui NguemaPresident of GabonSince September 4, 2023 · 3 years, 1 month

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U.S. chargé d’affairesSusan N’GarnimU.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Gabon

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Gabon in Washington

Ambassador to the U.S.Baudelaire Ndong EllaAmbassador of Gabon to the United StatesSince September 15, 2026 · under a month

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A view of Brazzaville — Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, on July 5, 2024. (File photo)Beauté verte / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Central Africa Comes to Bangkok Needing the IMF: Congo Nears a Deal, Gabon Opens Talks and Cameroon’s 2027 Budget Hangs on a New Program

The six-nation CEMAC bloc and its central bank still owe the IMF action on foreign-exchange reserves, the repatriation of export earnings and staffing for the regional banking supervisor, Ecofin Agency reports from Bangkok.

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