"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

    English version   Success is not a coincidence, for individuals as well as for countries and societies. Success does not come without effort and intentionality. Successful countries are those that elevate the most capable minds and entrust them with public affairs. When you have people of Jacques Attali's level in your administration, how can you not succeed in the long run?         Version française   La réussite n’est pas un hasard, pour les individus comme pour les pays et les sociétés. La réussite ne vient pas sans effort ni d’intentionnalité. Les pays qui réussissent sont ceux qui privilégient les cerveaux les plus capables et leur confient les affaires publiques. Quand on a des gens du niveau de Jacques Attali dans son administration, comment ne pas réussir à termes ?

    English version   In Gabon, in recent years, a number of activists have been using the internet and digital technologies to promote their political or social causes, often by spreading information, organizing online campaigns, or even engaging in alert activities to draw attention to their issue, essentially using the digital space as a platform for change as they see it.   The internet is an uncontrollable and inherently free medium that will frustrate those who believe that free speech can be stymied with the push of a button. It appears that Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema has grown increasingly frustrated by what some Gabonese activists are saying about him and about his rule, on the internet. He is now decided to counter attack by threatening these activists of law suits in the countries where they reside.   In fact, Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema would like to obstruct certain information and views shared online by Gabonese activists, by us...

 

    English version   Throughout history, all dictatorships have maintained a grip on power via fear, surveillance and murder for those who resist but plenty of money for those who are willing to sell their souls.   In 1994, the heir to the Syrian dictatorship, Bassel Al Assad, died in a car crash. The father, had a view of building a dynasty that would rule Syria for generations. He called on the younger brother, Bashar al-Assad who was an ophthalmologist living in London, to come back to Syria and to enter politics to become the new successor. The regime's propagandists quickly started to build a cult of personality around the young ophthalmologist so his rise to power would seem inevitable to the people.   The father wanted to build up Bashar al-Assad's legitimacy inside the government by giving him positions of increasing authority; so that he'd be able to take over when the time came. Just like Omar Bongo did with Ali Bongo. It was the same ...