"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

 

 

    English version 1. On August 30, 2023, Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema overthrew Ali Bongo. 2. Following the coup d'état, the activities of political parties were suspended. 3. The PDG was explicitly suspended from all political activities 4. In October 2024, the PDG organized his political restart and declared his allegiance to the CTRI and Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema. Question: Have you ever seen a coup d'état that results in the rallying, wholesale, of the people who have been overthrown, to the one who deposed them?     Version française 1.       Le 30 aout 2023, Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema renversait Ali Bongo. 2.       Suite au coup d’Etat, les activités des partis politiques furent suspendues. 3.       Le PDG fut explicite suspendu de toutes activités politiques 4.       En Octobre 2024, le PDG organisait sa rentrée politique et déclarait son allégeance au CTRI et a Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema. Question : avez-vous jamais vu un coup d’Et

 

      English version   For many years, Omar Bongo practiced what was called geopolitics, or the distribution of cushy government posts based on ethnic balance. While this provided for some social stability, it was an economic disaster as the country was unable to make much progress. People wanted to have government position on the simply base of their ethnic affiliation.   When Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema took power, many thought that geopolitics was going to be a thing of the past because he was Fang by his father and Teke by his mother. He could be an honest broker of true universal Gabonese values. However, as we saw last week with the interpretation of Senator Marc Ona-Essangui’s speech during a meeting of the association Ossimane, ethnic suspicions remain strong and the various communities that make up Gabon’s social fabric continue to be weary of each other’s.   In Gabon, each ethnic group has its own history, and its own mythology. Naturally, some politicians t