"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

English version  In March 2024, in the context of the fight against the high cost of living, CBON implemented a new pricing scale ( mercuriale ) lowering the prices of several essential goods.  Among these measures, the price of a liter of refined oil was strictly capped at 1,000 CFA francs nationwide. To ensure that merchants were fully complying with this new directive, CBON conducted surprise field inspections. While walking the aisles of a shop, he noticed that some bottles of oil still cost more than 1,000 CFA francs. He then questioned the cashier. The seller attempted to justify this by explaining that the price varied because they were different brands. Refusing to accept this justification and demanding the strict application of the relief measure for households, CBON replied sharply to demand an immediate price reduction: "Oil is oil, regardless of the brand... it must be brought down to 1,000 francs." The issue raised today, more than two years later, is the fraudu...

    English Version   We are writing to inform you of two unusual events. On Friday, August 7, 2026, Google, which hosts our site, informed us that they received a request from a specific entity asking them to remove the majority, if not almost all, of the posts on our blog. This was under the pretext that they allegedly violate intellectual property laws and the moral integrity of certain individuals, entities, or public figures. Subsequently, we received a second message from Google notifying us that unauthorized individuals were attempting to breach our blog's access code and compromise the site, which Google successfully blocked. Dear readers, we remain calm and will continue to keep you informed of the situation until it is fully resolved.     Version française   Chers lecteurs, Nous venons vous informer de deux faits insolites. Le vendredi 7 août 2026, Google, qui nous héberge, nous a informés avoir reçu une requête d'une e...

English version  Dear readers, above you have an article from the New York Times indicating the number of jobs created in the country each month. This report is provided to the press by the U.S.  Department of Commerce every month. In our country, Gabon, asking for such statistics will earn you long, absurd explanations from the regime's "experts"; wasn't it Mr. Jean Gaspard Ntoutoume-Ayi who told us that no one can say exactly how much Gabon's debt amounts to! The difference in the ability to measure monthly employment between countries like the United States or France and countries like Gabon depends on the structure of the economy, the digitization of administrative systems, and the resources allocated to statistical institutions. First, a technical reality must be clarified: even in the United States or France, the monthly figures are not absolutely exact to the single digit at the time of their publication. They are highly reliable statistical estimates, publ...