"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

English version Four ministers of the CBON regime were sent to meet members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Gabon, to explain the merits of the ban of certain social media in Gabon. A waste of time. For this blog, this communication was a waste of time. First, the suspension dates from February 17, and the briefing did not take place until March 19, 2026. Organizing a meeting a month later to explain the urgency of a provisional measure indicates that the government is mainly seeking to polish its image with the diplomatic corps, rather than to meet the needs of Gabonese who suffer the suspension on a daily basis. Invoking digital addiction and young people’s sleep to justify a political suspension of social media is very disproportionate, even off-topic. Brandishing the threat of social cohesion is a classic argument to silence critics or popular discontent. The Minister of Communication says that the internet works normally; while blocking social media, which are today the main...

English version The decision to award the 2025 AFCON to Morocco at posteriori marks a dark turn for continental football. The transition from a title obtained on the ground to a title awarded in commission offices, two months after the final, is an unprecedented event that shakes the credibility of the AFCON. Senegal won the match on the pitch(1-0), but the CAF regulations (articles 82 and 84) were radically applied: the temporary withdrawal of players from the field during the stoppage for the VAR was described as abandonment. For many, making an administrative rule prevail over the net result of a 120-minute match creates a dangerous precedent where lawyers become more important than players. This decision of the Appeals Commission, which contradicts the first verdict of the Disciplinary Commission, gives the image of a hesitant and under-influenced CAF. As Senegal loses its title, Morocco sees some of its fines related to the behavior of ball boys and the use of lasers, reduced. Thi...

 

English version The Jean Mouketou case is fascinating in that it perfectly illustrates how intellectual brilliance does not protect against ideological blindness or the thirst for power. The most famous example of the problem of pawn intelligence is undoubtedly that of the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, who was called: the genius in the service of evil. Martin Heidegger is considered one of the greatest philosophers in history (author of Being and Time). However, in 1933, he joined the Nazi party and became rector of the University of Fribourg. In his rectorate speech, he exalts the mission of the German people and the figure of Hitler. He breaks up with his colleagues and mentors and will never apologize explicitly after the war. He declared that the Nazi Aryans were the only force capable of saving humanity. He didn’t just obey of fear. He used his immense intellectual prestige to give a scholarly and noble basis to a genocidal and barbaric ideology. On the contrary, the Austri...