AFD and the Hotel de Ville in Libreville against floods 


The French Development Agency (AFD) intends to involve the mayor of Libreville in its urban development projects to curb flooding in the city.

Construction of a canal in Libreville as part of the improvement program of the drainage system for rainwater © AFD
Construction of a canal in Libreville as part of the improvement program of the drainage system for rainwater © AFD


Sanitation Libreville was the focus of an exchange, the past week between the married and the French Development Agency (AFD). Objective: to fight against the floods. "It was an interview that we had hoped for some time because the AFD has been operating for several years in the field of urban development, especially in terms of stormwater watershed Libreville, as she many others at Port-Gentil. And she wants to conduct its remediation activities, managing garbage in full transparency and in close association with all entities, organizations and institutions that are involved in that, primarily the mayor of Libreville, "said revealed the regional director of the French public financial institution.

Rose Christiane Ossouka and Yves Picard mentioned the agreement initialed in May on the watershed management of Gue-Gue. Of a $ 72 billion francs, it is the most important contest of the AFD in Gabon and building upon previous interventions on the remediation of three watersheds of St. Mary Awondo, Sainte-Anne Arambo of Batavéa and the industrial area d'Oloumi, objects previous funding for a total of 22 billion FCFA.

The most significant event of the past 40 years is the major transformation of Libreville, due to a rapid urban growth anarchic, continuous arrival, massive and uncontrolled populations that resulted in the proliferation of districts under integrated densely built and unhealthy. Only has access to unserviced plots, migrants colonize empty spaces, unbuildable, which has implications in terms of the distribution landscape and hence of urban development, and especially the tenure insecurity.