Gabon achieved its independence from France in 1960.
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| In 1839, France signed a treaty with local chiefs that gave it powers over the southern coastal regions of Gabon. The Berlin Conference of 1885 awarded all of the territory discovered by Pierre de Brazza to France. This area was organized (1910) into French Equatorial Africa, and the separate colonies of Gabon, Congo, Tchad, and Oubangiu-Chari were formed. |
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Gabon is a country on the west coast of Africa that straddles the equator. It is bounded on the south and east by the Congo, on the north by Cameroon, and on the northwest by Equatorial Guinea. |
Gabon achieved its independence from France in 1960. |
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