The word 'gabon' is a perfectly acceptable and usable word in written English.
It refers to a country on the west coast of Africa. Example sentence: My sister recently moved to Gabon to pursue her dream of working in international development.
Acclaimed science writer and explorer David Quammen first came near the virus while he was traveling in the jungles of Gabon, accompanied by local men whose village had been devastated by a recent outbreak.
According to the Associated Press, which first reported the appointment – a story run by the Guardian, among others – Gabon ambassador Baudelaire Ndong Ella, who is president of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council, made the announcement of her appointment.
The appointments were announced Monday by Gabon ambassador Baudelaire Ndong Ella, who is president of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council.
There have been clear efforts over the past few years to raise the profile of the town on Equatorial Guinea's eastern border with Gabon.
In December the Russian Football Union fined Spartak Moscow $1,300 (£855) after their fans made monkey sounds at Guélor Kanga, a native of Gabon who plays for FC Rostov.
Since then, ships across the length of the gulf from Gabon in the south to Liberia in the west have been targeted.In this section Pipeline poker A city under siege Another Somalia?
Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil behemoth, is already pumping oil in Angola and Nigeria and is on the hunt for more in Benin, Gabon, Libya, Nigeria and Tanzania.
Some FDC members took part in an unsuccessful invasion in 1988, from bases in Gabon, where they were in exile.
In January in Libreville, the capital of nearby Gabon, a three-year power-sharing arrangement was agreed to in a last-ditch effort to prevent a coup.
Flamboyant as ever despite his wrinkled face and rambling speech, he is increasingly fawned upon.Since the passing of President Omar Bongo of Gabon in June, Mr Qaddafi has no near rival as the longest-serving African or Arab leader, and longevity seems to feed his ambition.
The final of the Africa Cup of Nations, the continent's biennial football championship, in Libreville, capital of Gabon, on February 12th was one of those blessed occasions that supplied all three.
