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HISTORY WILL SEVERELY JUDGE THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE IGNOMINY THAT IS THIS NATIONALITY CODE! L’HISTOIRE JUGERA SÉVÈREMENT CEUX QUI SOUTIENNENT L’IGNOMINIE QU’EST CE CODE DE LA NATIONALITÉ!

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English version CBON uses the new nationality code to, thanks to the law and the argument of blind nationalism, lock the political landscape in quadruple turns. But the characteristic of this kind of political decision is that they are inscribed in time and often end up catching up with those who conceived or supported them. The judgment of History, especially in matters of citizenship and exclusion, is rarely lenient. This constant can be observed through several prisms, which echo the indignation of many Gabonese: This is the great irony of African and world political history; the laws of exclusion almost invariably end up turning against their authors. In the 1990s, the concept of Ivority was theorized and codified to prevent Alassane Ouattara from running for president. This policy of exclusion not only led the country to civil war, but those who ardently supported it like Henri Konan Bédié, eventually paid the political price. Ironically, Alassane Ouattara ended up becoming presid...
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NOW BEING GABONESE IN A TRANSITIONAL AND CONDITIONAL STATE! ON EST DÉSORMAIS GABONAIS DE MANIÈRE TRANSITOIRE ET CONDITIONNELLE!

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English version The new nationality code in the Gabonese Republic establishes the now transitional and conditional nature of this nationality and touches the very heart of what makes Gabon a nation whose government should have a social contract with its population. In view of recent legislative developments, it can indeed be argued that Gabonese nationality is sliding from an inalienable right to a conditional privilege. In the classical conception of rights (including the right of blood, jus sanguinis, or the right of soil, jus soli), nationality is a constituent fact of a person’s identity. We are born with it, it is consubstantial to us. By introducing the possibility of automatically deposing a citizen, even if he was born Gabonese, on the grounds that they would carry out subversive actions against the government, the legislator modifies the very essence of this link. Nationality is no longer a definitive achievement; it becomes a precarious status, a lease tacitly renewable on th...
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DO AFRICANS KNOW THAT THE NEXT CHINESE-AMERICAN CONFRONTATION WILL TAKE PLACE ON THEIR SOIL? LES AFRICAINS SAVENT-ILS QUE LA PROCHAINE CONFRONTATION SINO-AMÉRICAINE AURA LIEU CHEZ EUX?

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English version According to several analyses, the control of African mines would be the next chapter in the economic conflict between China and the United States. Africa is the great reservoir of the energy transition. The continent has a huge share of the world’s cobalt, lithium, copper and manganese reserves (of which Gabon is, for example, one of the world’s leading producers). The DRC and Zambia are the two most important countries for the supply of raw material used to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles; a world-leading industry whose leader today is China. China currently dominates the entire extraction and refining chain. The United States and Europe are trying to return to the game (especially through the financing of the Lobito railway corridor in Angola) to secure their supplies away from the grip of Beijing. At the same time, Russia secures important concessions in the Sahel. The United States feels threatened. This blog is of the opinion that the United States can...
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IN GABON! SOON! PROTEST COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF NATIONALITY! AU GABON, SOUS PEU, LA CONTESTATION POURRAIT DÉBOUCHER SUR UNE PERTE DE LA NATIONALITÉ !

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English version The recent reform of the nationality code in Gabon, in particular Article 64, raises a deep concern shared by many Gabonese, who wonder how Gabon can still be considered a country under the rule of law? Indeed, dear readers, in a serious democratic country that respects the rule of law, a citizen cannot be deprived of their nationality for the sole reason that they criticize the government. In a democracy, the criticism of government action (even virulent) is protected by freedom of expression. It is even the engine of the system: the political opposition, the press, activists and civil society have the role of monitoring and challenging power. Historically, the deprivation of nationality is a legal nuclear weapon reserved for cases of exceptional gravity (e.g. serious terrorism, proven espionage for the benefit of an enemy power in time of war). Equating a “subversive action against the government” (vague term) with high treason against the state is a typical confusion...
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