"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

English version A former CIA official has just admitted to a $194 million fraud, nearly 111 billion CFA francs.  According to the confidential newsletter Africa Intelligence, part of the scheme allegedly ran through Libreville and through the former head of our country's phone-tapping service. That raises an uncomfortable question: who was really spying on Gabonese communications? A CIA official, gold bars and a guilty plea His name is David J. Rush. He is 49 and lives in Ashburn, Virginia. On Tuesday, this former senior official in the CIA's technical directorate pleaded guilty to wire fraud before a federal court in Alexandria. The method was simple. Rush invented fake "classified" programs or imaginary "sensitive activities." Under these covers, he obtained public funds and diverted them for his own benefit: luxury real estate in Florida, private flights, cars. When his home was searched in May, investigators found about 300 gold bars worth more than $40 ...

 

English version This Sunday, October 25, two pictures of Gabonese football overlapped. In Barcelona, CBON took his seat in the presidential box at the Spotify Camp Nou for El Clásico. In Baku, our U-15 Panthéreaux collapsed 1-9 against Latvia. Scheduling coincidence doesn't explain everything. It highlights a question many Gabonese are asking: where does the real priority lie when it comes to football in Gabon? Baku: a world first that turns into a nightmare Gabon is playing in the very first FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival, held from October 24 to 30 in Azerbaijan. It is also our country's first appearance at a FIFA world competition in any category. Gabon is one of 78 federations experiencing a World Cup for the first time at this event. On October 22, just two days before kickoff, Fégafoot announced a 14-player squad drawn from local programs. Drawn into Group I with Lesotho, Scotland, Bulgaria and Latvia, the Panthéreaux have had a very difficult start to the tournament: D...