Gabon’s Floating LNG Push: Lloyd’s Register is providing classification and technical assurance for the conversion of the LNG Bayelsa into the FSU LNG Cap Lopez for Dixstone Lower Gulf FZCO, a Perenco sister company, at Drydocks World Dubai—aimed at supporting liquefaction, storage and export from a near-shore barge while helping reduce routine gas flaring and boosting Gabon’s gas capacity. Congo Basin Forest Governance: A Yaounde regional workshop on forest conversion in the Congo Basin brought together Gabon, Cameroon and others to strengthen cooperation, develop strategies against deforestation and degradation, and improve monitoring using both tools and traditional knowledge. Wildlife Discovery in Central Africa: Researchers have confirmed a newly described Congo monkey species, Colobus congoensis (“Likweli”), based on genetic, anatomical and acoustic findings from a remote Lomami–Congo (Lualaba) area in the DRC—an unusually rare primate discovery. Regional Climate Extremes: A Foreign Policy Africa Brief highlights climate-driven wildfires, drought and flooding across parts of Africa, with warnings that flooding is worsening amid weak planning and drainage issues. Gabon–DRC Diplomatic Cooperation: Gabon and the DRC signed a visa-free regime for diplomatic staff and civil servants and a cooperation framework covering judicial, environmental, health and mining sectors, overseen by a joint commission. Mining Site Infrastructure in Gabon: Turkish firm Karmod installed modular container structures at a manganese mining site near Moanda, citing climate-control performance for harsh, rainy and dusty conditions.