"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

English version According to La Lettre du Continent, Brice Laccruche Alihanga would have embarked on a media conquest. Indeed, Ali Bongo's Chief of Staff is solidifying his relations with the media to clean up his image and avoid any bad publicity. The LDC says that right now, in the Gabonese media landscape, few journalists would dare to criticize him. He has deployed a number of websites, such as Focus News and The Source. Several other Gabonese media are purported to receive monthly subsidies or are paid by the article by Brice Laccruche Alihanga. The AJEV, his NGO, has among its members, several journalists working in the local media. The TV channel Gabon 24 has been placed under the supervision of the "ajevist" spokesperson of the presidency, Ike Ngouoni. Version française D’après La Lettre du Continent, Brice Laccruche Alihanga se serait lance dans une conquête médiatique. En effet, le Directeur de cabinet d'Ali Bon...

English version Gabon: where is Ali? By Vincent Hugueux (L'Express) April 30, 2019 A little tour and then leave. The "final" return to Libreville of president Ali Bongo Ondimba turned out to be short. After the provisional that lasts for ever, the final that does not last at all. We knew of the collection of comic book albums " where is Charlie? ", a French declination of the " where is wally?" by Martin Hanford. Its principle is to find, in the heart of saturated double pages of small characters, an individual wearing glasses with a red and white pompom hat. No doubt the time has come to launch a Gabonese version of the concept, entitled " where is Ali? ". This time it would be to locate on the planisphere a stocky and chubby head of state with dim eyes, dressed in a grey suit or a wide clear bubu. Victim of a severe stroke in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) last October, Ali Bongo Ondimba has once again disappeared fr...

English version La Lettre du Continent Newsletter tells us that Operation Mamba, which was supposed to fight corruption in Gabon, did not keep its promises. Indeed, the LDC informs us that since the appointment of Edgard Anicet Mboumbou Miyakou as Minister of Justice and Human Rights, sessions of the Special Criminal Court (SAC) meant to guide Operation Mamba, are no longer held. So much so that several personalities arrested by the Mamba operation, have recovered their freedom. This is the case of the former super minister of investment promotion, transport, public works and planning, Magloire Ngambia; who was arrested on charges of collusion with the Italian businessman Guido Santullo. He was released in early March 2019. This is also the case of Etienne Ngoubou, former minister of oil, who was released in October 2018. The LDC informs us that in the 2016 legislative elections, Etienne Ngoubou had financed for 200 million F CFA, the rehabilitation of medical c...

English version According to Africa Energy Intelligence, the Gabon Oil Company is in a precarious financial situation and the IMF has asked Gabon to liquidate that company. The IMF has even conditioned the disbursement of the next installment of loans that Gabon should receive on the liquidation of the Gabon Oil Company. Version française D’après Africa Energy Intelligence, la Gabon Oil Company est dans une situation financière exsangue et le FMI aurait demande au Gabon de procéder à la liquidation de cette societe. Le FMI aurait même conditionné le déboursement de la prochaine tranche de prêts que devrait recevoir le Gabon, à la liquidation de la Gabon Oil Company.

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English version A large part of the Gabonese people is tired of the situation wanting to have them believe that it is normal for Gabon to be under the permanent leadership of an absent president. Despite the fuss of the regime that carries around a scarecrow-president they bring out from time to time when popular pressure rises, many Gabonese now openly say that they do not have a president. In fact, Gabon is at most governed by a silent image of a president. It has become clear to all that Ali Bongo has disappeared politically, and therefore he is unable to continue to serve as president. But yet, the comedy continues! However, a few weeks ago, the regime announced the definitive return of Ali Bongo to Gabon. But strangely, that Ali Bongo has disappeared. We were told that Ali Bongo would continue his convalescence in Gabon. But since then, that Ali Bongo has never spoken; nor even shaken the hands of his ministers in public. Whenever that Ali Bongo is p...

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Traduction française "Commerce toxique : la criminalité forestière au Gabon et en République du Congo et la contamination du marché américain." Le groupe Dejia et des sociétés affiliées contrôlées par le magnat Chinois Xu Gong De, abat, transforme et exporte principalement vers la Chine, des okoumés provenant illégalement des forêts tropicales du Gabon et de la République du Congo. L'importateur américain Evergreen Hardwoods achète du placage fabriqué à partir de ces arbres, qui est vendu au consommateur américain. Le groupe Dejia a également placé des centaines de milliers de tonnes de produits du bois dans des pays européens tels que la France, la Belgique, l'Italie, l'Espagne et la Grèce.

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English version La Lettre du Continent informs us that the Bank that has been ran since it was called FIBA, by Henri-Claude Oyima, established with the circles of power in Gabon, a principle of communicating vessels that allows this bank to provide the Bongos, with the necessary personnel to strengthen the regime. BGFI would have become the nursery of the regime, to find the personalities to be promoted by this regime. Examples are: • Brice Laccruche Alihanga: he spent part of his career as CEO of BGFI before becoming Ali Bongo's Chief of Staff. • Justin Ndoundangoye: Minister of Transport and Logistics, worked at BGFIBank as Head of the Study Department. • Tony Ondo Mba: Minister of Water and Mines was from 2011 to 2013 Administrative and Financial Director of BGFI. • Serge Mickoto, the administrator of the Gabonese Strategic Investment Fund (FGIS), was Administrative and Financial Director at BGFI. Version française La Lettre du Cont...

English version According to La Lettre du Continent, the zealous people of the Accrombessism era, now eat in Brice Laccruche's hands. They are: -Jean-Marie Ogandaga: Minister of Economy, Prospective and Development Programming -Jean-Fidèle Otandault: Minister of Budget and Public Accounting -Arsene Emvahou: Ali Bongo's aide-de-camp, currently in training in France -Liban Soleman: appointed ambassador to Riyadh, perhaps to remove him from the center of power. -Steed Rey: Ali Bongo’s cousin has been appointed advisor to the DG of the National Agency for the Promotion of Investment (ANPI). -Lin Mombo aka Mister Mborantsuo, has retained his position at the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Posts (Arcep). Version française D’après La Lettre du Continent, les zélés de l’accrombessisme mangent désormais au râtelier de Brice Laccruche. Il s’agirait de : -Jean-Marie Ogandaga : ministre del’économie, prospective et pro...

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Le président Ali Bongo Ondimba du Gabon, au centre, a engagé une firme de relations publiques internationale dans le but de le faire rencontrer des journalistes internationaux pour des interviews intimes, avant le vote dans ce pays en 2016. To read click here Pour lire cliquer ici Traduction française Des consultants politiques ayant des liens avec Trump jettent leur dévolu sur les élections en Afrique Par Dionne Searcey Lorsqu’un candidat nigérian à la présidence a débarqué aux États-Unis en janvier après des annees d’interdiction de visa en raison d’allégations de corruption, il le devait à une équipe de consultants et de lobbyistes occidentaux qui avaient travaillé pour ce chaleureux accueil américain. L’une des personnes qui l’a aidé était Riva Levinson, qui doit sa carrière de consultante politique à Paul Manafort, ancien patron de la campagne présidentielle du président Trump, qui vient d’être condamné ce mois à plus de sept ans de pris...