Gabon president ties UN peace costs to climate (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba said Tuesday that world leaders can reduce the costs of U.N. peacekeeping by doing more to prevent armed conflicts, notably through adopting long-range plans to reduce climate change.

VAALCO Energy Provides Update on Gabon Drilling Program (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

VAALCO Energy, Inc. is pleased to announce that the contracted rig "Sapphire Driller" is on location at the Ebouri Platform offshore Gabon and will commence drilling the first of four wells today, March 10, 2010.

Gabon's President Meets Clinton, Calls Corruption Africa's Cancer (AllAfrica.com)

Gabon's president, Ali Bongo, intends to use his country's two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council to highlight democratic reforms and his fight against corruption, which he terms a "cancer" sapping Africa's strength and potential.

Gabon vows to work closely with US on Iran at UN (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Gabon will "work closely" with the United States and others to pressure Iran to comply with UN demands over its nuclear program, Gabonese President Ali Bongo said Monday.

Total Gabon's profit plunges 63% in 2009 (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Total Gabon, which is majority-owned by French oil giant Total, said Monday its profit plunged 63 percent in 2009 to 141 million dollars (103.5 million euros).

Gabon’s Bongo Says State-Run Oil Company Will Be ‘Strategic’ (Bloomberg)

March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba said the resource-rich African nation is starting a state- controlled oil company. “The company will materialize the presence of the Gabon government in the strategic area of oil,” Bongo said on RTG1 television yesterday.

Deforestation conference to turn plans to action (AP via Yahoo! News)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change.

Teach for the World (New York Times)

Judging by the number of applicants for the 2010 Win-a-Trip contest (we have a winner!), perhaps we need an international version of Teach for America.

East Africa is next hot oil zone (UPI)

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 10 (UPI) -- East Africa is emerging as the next oil boom following a big 2006 strike in Uganda's Lake Albert Basin. Other oil and natural gas reserves have been found in Tanzania and Mozambique and exploration is under way in Ethiopia and even war-torn Somalia.

Deforestation conference to turn plans to action (San Francisco Chronicle)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change. Ministers from countries of the Amazon and... Climate change - Deforestation - Nicolas Sarkozy - Amazon Rainforest - Environment