"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

English version  In high level sports,  You are what your record says you are . There should be no subjectivity or excuses when evaluating performance. In high stakes sports, results are the only metric that matters. Gabon went to the AFCON and came back having lost the 3 games and collecting zero points. Gabon was among the worst teams at this AFCON. Gabon’s performance has essentially shut down the common narrative among some Gabonese supporters, that as a team, Gabon was actually good but unlucky or that their performances were better than their record indicates. In high stakes sports, there are no moral victories. This blog rejects the idea that close losses or almost winning counts for anything. Gabon did not loose as a good team that had bad breaks; they lost all 3 matches because they are simply a bad team. Blaming referees, injuries, or bad weather is irrelevant because the "record" (the W-L column) is the only historical fact that remains. Potential is meaningless wi...

 

 

 

English version  The ban on walking in protest of the murder of the young Cameron a few days ago, is explained by a deep fear and discomfort of the regime to see this dirty laundry exposed to the view of the world. This march touches on two major taboos of Gabonese power: 1-Public opinion knows that child disappearances and mutilations increase as reshuffles approach, commissioned by elites seeking to strengthen their mystical power. Therefore, a march against these crimes is implicitly perceived by the regime as a march against the ruling elite. Letting the street scream its anger is like letting the street attack the powerful. 2-CBON has based part of its legitimacy on the restoration of order and security. Seeing parents chant that the state does not protect its children is a direct criticism of the effectiveness of the police and the gendarmerie, pillars of the current regime. The ban on walking benefits two distinct groups, for different reasons: The Government that avoids see...

English version  In the pain of failure, the first reflex is often defense, that is, finding excuses, an attitude that blurs the view and prevents you from moving forward. The flight forward attempted by coach Thierry Mouyouma by talking about a third match to save the national honor, is awkward, because the competition is over, there is no more honor to save; it is against Mozambique that they had to think about it not against Côte d’Ivoire in a match with no real stakes. Talking about saving honor is in our opinion, counterproductive. Humility is not weakness. On the contrary, it is a form of intellectual courage. It is the ability to put your ego aside to observe the facts coldly. The ego seeks to be right or to protect oneself. Humility seeks the truth. The ego makes us say that it is always the fault of others who have always never understood anything; that the result is unfair. The humble person wonders what signals they ignored? Where did they lack preparation? What skill di...

English version  The case of 13-year-old Pascal Cameron Ngueba Loko, found dead in Nzeng-Ayong after several days of disappearance, has plunged the country into stupor and emotion, at the end of 2025. But what is even worse is the reaction of the authorities who on Saturday, December 27, 2025, banned a march to denounce this murder. By prohibiting this march, the government invokes reasons of security or disruption of public order. However, this decision is perceived by the population and by this blog, as an attempt to stifle the case. Instead of easing tensions, this prohibition deprives the population of a peaceful outlet, which inevitably fuels the theory that the regime wants to silence the population to protect someone. This has been at the heart of the problem in Gabon for decades regarding these types of crimes. The only people arrested to this day are still only little fish; executors. For the population, stopping the little hands is not enough. We must go back up the ...