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THE LIMITS OF A PRESIDENT WHOSE GOVERNANCE IS VERY APPROXIMATE! LES LIMITES D’UN PRÉSIDENT DONT LA GOUVERNANCE EST TRÈS APPROXIMATIVE!

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English version  The persistence of the water crisis in Gabon illustrates a striking contrast between what is said and allegedly done by CBON, and the reality on the ground. A major paradox is emerging between this year's announcement of a colossal 131 billion FCFA contract with the French group SUEZ, intended to modernize water distribution infrastructure, and the concurrent observed worsening of the water crisis. It seems that the results are not keeping pace with the announced investments. When a project of this magnitude fails to bring relief to the population, it gives the impression of a poorly conceived or rushed project. A mere PR stunt. From an analytical perspective, delays or failures in this type of major public infrastructure work (historically managed largely by SEEG) can often be explained by several factors: Planning deficit:  A frequent disconnect between political announcements aimed at providing quick reassurance and the actual technical timeframes required ...
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PUBLIC ENEMY WARNED US IN FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET! PUBLIC ENEMY NOUS AVAIT AVERTIS DANS FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET!

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English version  In analyzing the many attacks directed against the French national football team, serious sociologists, cultural critics, and political analysts, could easily argue that these attacks are a reaction against Black excellence, driven by the exact same anxieties Chuck D of Public Enemy outlined in the album  Fear of a Black Planet , released in 1990. When a national team achieves the highest levels of global success while being predominantly composed of Black players and children of immigrants, it fundamentally disrupts the traditional, exclusionary narratives of European national identity. The ensuing vitriolic backlash is triggered by the fact that historically, racist ideologies have relied on the premise of white superiority and Black inferiority. Black excellence, especially when it is undeniable, highly visible, and globally celebrated, as it is with the French national football team, dismantles that premise entirely. Because detractors cannot attack the Fr...
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MANUAL VALLS EXPLAINS FRANCE TO HIS SPANISH COMPATRIOTS! MANUAL VALLS EXPLIQUE LA FRANCE À SES COMPATRIOTES ESPAGNOLS!

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English version  A French Team Without French People? I know Mariano Rajoy. I have sat across from him, as a European, as a head of government. That is why his words do not merely anger me; they sadden me. I did not think him capable of it. Regarding the French national team, Mariano Rajoy wrote: "They are at a very high level, having said that, without French people." This is not a witticism; it is an admission. Because what he thinks he fails to see in this team are not nationalities. They are skin colors. So, to him, a Black person cannot be French. That is simply called racism. And what ignorance of our history—sometimes turbulent but rich in its diversity and linked to a former colonial empire across five continents. I can tell him this better than anyone. I was born in Barcelona, to Spanish parents, and naturalized at twenty years old. I do not have a drop of French blood, but France flows through my veins. These words are not mine. They belong to Romain Gary—a Jew born...
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