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Gabon: the Bolokoboué farm school

Reporting style, Factual: The article presents factual information about an educational agricultural initiative.

The 'Village Graine de Bolokoboué' is an open-air farm school located north of Libreville, Gabon, specializing in vegetable farming and serving as a training ground for young Gabonese interested in agriculture. The program, coordinated by Hervé Omva of the NGO Idrc Africa, aims to make participants active and independent. Students like Mbodzi Angela gain practical experience alongside their studies. The initiative, founded by Idrc Africa in partnership with the Institut gabonais d'appui au développement, is supported by the Gabonese Ministry of Agriculture, which sees it as a way to revitalize the agricultural sector and reduce the country's reliance on imported agricultural products.

Inside a call center dedicated to coronavirus in Gabon

Reporting style, Factual: The text presents factual information about a call center.

Gabon has introduced a toll-free number, 1410, for its population to ask questions about the coronavirus and to help identify suspected Covid-19 cases. Correspondent Wilfried Obangome takes us inside the call center.

Lambaréné: Minister Berre's convoy involved in an accident

On January 30, 2022, the convoy of Madeleine Edmée Berre, the Minister of Civil Service, was involved in a traffic accident near the village of 'Gravier' on the national road. Fortunately, there were no fatalities. The minister, her husband, her sister who complained of jaw pain, and two men were in the vehicle that left the road and crashed into a ravine. The victims are currently hospitalized at the Albert Schweitzer hospital in Lambaréné, and the minister's husband has been urgently evacuated to Libreville. The cause of the accident is not yet known.

Wood Industry: A Third Transformation to 'Diversify the Economy and Create More Jobs'

On June 15, 2020, Gabon's Minister of Water and Forests, Lee White, visited the Special Economic Zone of Nkok (ZERP) to monitor the forest-wood sector and the development of the third transformation process. Accompanied by Oswald Séverin Mayounou and Ndouna Ango Auguste, White discussed mechanisms to foster a true third transformation industry with economic operators at GSEZ. He aims to reduce exported lumber and increase exported finished and semi-finished furniture, diversifying the economy, increasing state revenue, and creating jobs. White announced a five-year goal to increase the forestry industry's production capacity and create up to 70,000 jobs, leveraging the Gabonese forest to overcome the current economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. The wood sector contributed 4% to Gabon's GDP in 2013, nearly a third of salaried employment, and 60% of non-oil export revenue.