"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

 

 

  English version CBON’s communication, via Bertrand Zibi, in response to Sylvia Bongo’s accusations, highlights a counterattack strategy that, although effective in discrediting the former presidential family, involves risky and complex issues for CBON. Bertrand Zibi uses rhetoric based on his personal experience of detention under the regime of Ali Bongo to invalidate Sylvia Bongo’s testimony. Zibi describes Sylvia Bongo’s statements as theatrical staging. He recalls that she has already faked amnesia during past judicial confrontations, in particular by claiming not to recognize Brice Laccruche Alihanga. To counter the victim image of the former First Lady, he recalls the ostentatious luxury (spending one million euros on jewelry in one day) and her presumed tyrannical behavior towards the staff and the Bongo family itself. Zibi opposes the suffering he says he has suffered (detention in a septic tank, loss of vision, physical torture) to what he considers to be fables on the pa...

 

English version It is a rather impressive communicational turn that Alain Claude Bilié By Nzé has just taken. By investing in the podcast format, the former Prime Minister seems to have understood that to reach public opinion today, he must get out of rigid institutional frameworks and enter the era of digital direct-to-consumer. Its effectiveness is based on several strategic pillars, including the mastery of the story. As a former Minister of Communication, he knows how to structure a message. The long format of the podcast allows him to develop complex arguments, far from small sentences that can be truncated. In the current context in Gabon, he positions himself as a structured opposition voice, using these platforms to offer critical analysis that easily circulates on WhatsApp and Facebook. This format creates a form of intimacy with the listener. We are no longer in the perch speech, but in a conversation that can be listened to through headphones, which humanizes his political i...

English version The suicide of a young student at the Lycée Léon MBA is an event of absolute sadness that raises profound questions about the state of our Gabonese society. A young high school student who throws himself from the top of the roof of a walkway, under the eyes of helpless witnesses, is a sign that Gabon has changed. This drama highlights the psychological fragility of Gabonese youth in the face of multiple pressures: school difficulties, family conflicts, drug use, etc. This suicide is an alarm signal for parents, educators and specialists, on the need to strengthen the mechanisms of accompaniment and listening for adolescents. Condolences to the parent of the deceased young person. Let’s hope the authorities have taken note. Version française   Le suicide d’un jeune élève du Lycée Léon MBA est un événement d'une tristesse absolue qui soulève des questions profondes sur l'état de notre société gabonaise. Un jeune lycéen qui se jette du haut du toit d'une passer...