A USELESS COMMUNICATION! UNE COMMUNICATION CREUSE!
English version Four ministers of the CBON regime were sent to meet members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Gabon, to explain the merits of the ban of certain social media in Gabon. A waste of time. For this blog, this communication was a waste of time. First, the suspension dates from February 17, and the briefing did not take place until March 19, 2026. Organizing a meeting a month later to explain the urgency of a provisional measure indicates that the government is mainly seeking to polish its image with the diplomatic corps, rather than to meet the needs of Gabonese who suffer the suspension on a daily basis. Invoking digital addiction and young people’s sleep to justify a political suspension of social media is very disproportionate, even off-topic. Brandishing the threat of social cohesion is a classic argument to silence critics or popular discontent. The Minister of Communication says that the internet works normally; while blocking social media, which are today the main...