Appointed in January 2017 to replacernEtienne Ngoubou, Gabon’s new ministerrnof oil Pascal Houangni Ambourouernrecently won a decisive battle againstrnhis detractors in the president’s officernand within the ministry, becoming thernsole captain of the country’s oil portfolio.rnFirst the director of Direction gene-rnrale des hydrocarbures (DGH), JacobrnThaty Tsioba, was sacked in early Augustrnand held in custody for several days onrnsuspicion of embezzlement. PresidentrnAli Bongo’s chief of staff Martin Boguikoumarnwas then replaced on August 25rnby pro Ali Bongo businessman BricernLaccruche Alihanga, founder of Associationrndes jeunes emergents volontaires.rnThe closely-connected duornhad found ways to short-circuitrnmost of Ambouroue’s oil assignments.rnTsioba now has tornexplain the purported hiring ofrnformer consultants of audit firmrnAlex Stewart International, for whichrnhe directed the Gabonese branch underrnAli Bongo’s mandate ( AEI 798).rnGabon’s oil minister will soon have tornmake do the DGH’s new managementrnteam currently being put into place (seernopposite).
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