Gabon: An ‘Old’ Oil Country Finds Other Resources A Rich Country Getting Richer

Why is Gabon so rich?… Easy question to answer: It has plenty of oil and gas and also huge rainforests covering nearly 90% of its total land area delivering some of the best hardwoods in the world. And then there is also its well-developed manganese mining sector. But oil has been the country’s wealth mainstay. […]