"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

Traduction française  Trump se serait caché dans un conteneur de restauration pour embarquer sur un vol secret en Turquie face à la menace iranienne   Un stratagème élaboré a été utilisé pour transporter le président vers un vol militaire depuis Air Force One en juillet Coral Murphy Marcos et agences   Mar 11 août 2026  Donald Trump a pris un vol militaire secret de la Turquie vers la Grande-Bretagne le mois dernier, alors que la Maison Blanche affirmait qu'il volait à bord d'Air Force One. Il s'agissait d'un stratagème extraordinaire, motivé par une menace d'assassinat iranienne, qui impliquait de cacher le président dans un conteneur de restauration d'aéroport, selon les informations du Washington Post et du New York Times. L'opération a eu lieu alors que Trump se trouvait à Ankara pour un sommet de l'Otan avec des dirigeants mondiaux, selon le  Post . Le président aurait embarqué à bord de l'ancien Boeing 747 d'Air Force One sous l'œil des...

 

English version  Dear readers, we are sharing this interview with David Lisnard in  Le Journal du Dimanche  to illustrate that in the West, there is a willingness to examine the state apparatus down to its deepest foundations—something that is not the case here in Africa, and even less so in Gabon. Among Westerners, the discourse surrounding the State is not limited to the mere management of day-to-day affairs or political polemics. In this article, which centers on a plea for a redefinition of the social contract (constitutional reforms, decentralization in the face of a Ministry of Finance perceived as infantilizing, and a refocusing on the core sovereign missions of security and education), it becomes clear that Westerners focus their debates on the doctrine and mechanics of the State. Where Western democracies debate the limits, hypertrophy, and reinvention of their longstanding institutions, the challenge in Gabon often lies in consolidating the very foundations of a...

English version  Dear readers, Mauritius is in the top 5 of Africàs most successful nations. when you look at the details, the success of Mauritius offers a stark contrast to the development trajectory of many resource-rich nations.  By analyzing the structural choices that built Mauritius's prosperity, we can identify several macroeconomic and governance factors that explain why Gabon has not yet achieved the same level of equitable development, despite its immense natural wealth. Mauritius began as a poor island heavily reliant on a single, vulnerable crop, sugar. However, the state actively reinvented its economy multiple times, aggressively expanding into textiles, tourism, banking, and technology.  They built a highly resilient, upper-middle-income economy through a stubborn refusal to depend on any single sector, despite having absolutely no oil or extractive wealth. Conversely, Gabon suffers from the classic resource curse. Our economy remains heavily tethered to v...