Posts

ANNAH ARENDT HAD NEVERTHELESS WARNED US ! ANNAH ARENDT NOUS AVAIT POURTANT AVERTI !

Image
English version  Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) was a German-American philosopher and political theorist. Born in Germany, she fled the Nazi regime in the 1930s, first to France and then, in 1941, to the United States. This personal experience of totalitarianism profoundly shaped her work. She is best known for two major books: The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951), from which the quote above is taken, where she analyzes the mechanisms common to Nazism and Stalinism Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), where she develops the concept of the  banality of evil  through her observation of Adolf Eichmann’s trial The quote above is important because Arendt describes a central mechanism of how totalitarian regimes function: these regimes do not seek competence, but absolute loyalty. The most talented or intelligent people represent a potential danger; they think for themselves, and are capable of criticizing and questioning. Conversely, court jesters and mediocrities, who peddle their servi...
Post a Comment
Read more

WHERE ARE THE KOUNABELISTS WHO CLAIMED THAT STUDENTS WOULD BE BETTER MANAGED IN AFRICA? LES KOUNABELISTES QUI AFFIRMAIENT QUE LES ÉTUDIANTS SERAIENT MIEUX GÉRÉS EN AFRIQUE, SONT OÚ?

Image
English version  CBON had announced in mid 2025 the suspension of scholarships to the United States and Canada starting in 2026, citing high costs and brain drain, with a redirection toward African countries (Morocco, Senegal, Ghana) supposedly guaranteeing better oversight and graduates returning home. The facts on the ground largely contradict this argument. • As early as October 2025, Gabonese students were already being excluded by the International University of Rabat from their enrollment and university housing for failure to re-register, due to non payment by the Gabonese state, with chronic delays in scholarship payments plunging students into a spiral of debt. The problem isn’t unique to studying abroad, since in early 2026, more than 7,000 scholarship students in private institutions in Gabon itself were threatened with exclusion for non payment of their tuition fees by the state, a conflict that required CBON’s direct intervention to be partly resolved in April 2026....
Post a Comment
Read more

GAME OF THRONES II

Image
 
Post a Comment
Read more

GAME OF THRONES : THE BONGO-VALENTINS VS CBON!

Image
  (À suivre)
Post a Comment
Read more

THE DISPUTE BETWEEN GABON AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN GROUP PARAMOUNT ! LE CONTENTIEUX ENTRE LE GABON ET LE GROUPE SUD AFRICAIN PARAMOUNT !

Image
English version  A tense financial dispute has just resurfaced. It is, in fact, a debt inherited from Paramount, now being pursued by another South African fund. The dispute dates back to a 2014 contract between Gabon and Paramount Group (defense/aerospace) for the maintenance and support of military equipment, continuing an older relationship (the purchase of Mirage F1AZ jets in 2006-2007). This is therefore a matter that goes back to Ali Bongo’s time, both as Defense Minister and as President. In 2006-2007, Gabon purchased Mirage F1AZ fighter jets from Paramount Group and its subsidiary/partner Aerosud, aircraft drawn from the surplus of the former South African Air Force fleet (which had retired them from service in 1997 and put them up for sale via Armscor in 2003). Gabon received two aircraft in August 2006, then two more in November 2007 (some sources mention up to six aircraft in total). Paramount did not simply sell the aircraft: the group also supported Gabon in their acqu...
Post a Comment
Read more