"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

English version The CBON regime has just opened a new point of tension with agents of the education sector; which inevitably questions the credibility of the commitments made by the regime. While a timeline had been established to ease the crisis, the Minister of the Public Service, Laurence Ndong, announced a major redevelopment. Initially, 144 agents were to be regularized in February. Finally, only 20 integrations will take place this month, the rest being postponed sine die. The government invokes technical problems and deadlines that are too short to explain this delay. But this change is perceived as a major setback by teachers, especially since some had resumed classes on the basis of the initial promises. The unions denounce a lack of reliability and a turnaround that rekindles distrust. This situation illustrates the difficulty of the regime in transforming its promises into concrete actions, at the risk of again weakening an educational system already under pressure. For many...

 

 

English version Since the coup d’état of August 2023, Alain-Claude Bilié By Nze seems to maneuver with remarkable enough agility to become an alternative to CBON. The launch of the « Together for Gabon » platform marked a strategic transition: to go from the status of the last Prime Minister of a fallen regime to that of the leading figure of the structured opposition. While many of the PDG’s executives had chosen silence or allegiance to the CBON, Bilié By Nze chose intellectual confrontation. By positioning himself as the defender of the constitutional order and legality, he occupies a ground abandoned by the former opposition now integrated into the CBON regime. By openly criticizing the conduct of the Transition and the resolutions of the National Dialogue, he forged a stature of resistance to the new order. It was a risky bet but it is paying off because part of the population is starting to feel tired of the CBON method.  Like it or not, you have to be particularly ...

English version Throughout the world, many head of state use social media for optics; to reach the masses. In Gabon however, the relationship between CBON and digital platforms has taken a very sharp turn recently. As of this past week (February 2026), his administration has actually suspended access to social media throughout Gabon. The government cited "inappropriate, defamatory, and hateful content" that they claim threatens national security and the dignity of the country’s institutions. This move has fueled the criticism that the presidency’s priorities are misplaced. The country is currently facing a major wave of strikes. Teachers have been on strike since December over pay and conditions, and this has recently spread to the health and higher education sectors. Despite the fanfare around the "Transformation Acceleration Plan," a third of the population still lives in poverty. The push to pivot from oil dependency to mining (like the Belinga iron ore project) ...