Putting pressure on Déby, he forced him to open on 6 January 1996 in Franceville, Gabon, a round table with the 15 armed groups and 58 opposition parties present in Chad.
The municipality of Franceville (present-day Port Vila) on Efate or Sandwich island was established during the period when the New Hebrides were a neutral territory under the loose jurisdiction of a joint Anglo-French naval commission.
The government also began rehabilitation of two more centers, and opened more child protection centers in Franceville, Moanda and Tchibanga.
He managed the rescue of Sugar Company of Upper Ogoouénotemment (SOSUHO) to Franceville, capital of Haut-Ogooué province of birth of the President.
Batterie de Merville or Merville Gun Battery is an historic site situated in the eastern flank of the landing area Sword Beach where Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Otway carried out a heroic mission with his men of the 9th Battalion of parachutists before the dawn of D-Day by neutralizing the artillery of the German battery.
Due to delays and damage, he did not reach Brazza until June 1883 at Diélé, near Franceville.
The citizens of Merville-Franceville-Plage in Normandy, France, decided to honour Otway by the placing of a bust depicting him at the age of 29 at the time of D-Day and the assault on the battery.
Yannick Mitoumba (born July 9, 1986 in Franceville) is a Gabonese boxer.