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HERE’S WHAT IS SAD! VOICI QUI EST TRISTE !

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English version  Some sentences reveal a whole vision of a country in just a few words. This one, reported by L'Union on Friday, October 9, 2026, comes from Michel Régis Onanga Ndiaye, President of the National Assembly: “We must build our country in light of the Head of State's pragmatism. Let us leave theory to the universities.” The timing only adds to the irony. This week, as every early October, the whole world is looking to Stockholm and Oslo, where researchers, economists and writers are being honored for work that, more often than not, began as… theory. We can try a charitable reading. Perhaps the President of the Assembly simply meant that it is time to act rather than debate endlessly, and that grand speeches are no substitute for roads, schools and hospitals. Many Gabonese share that call to action. But words carry meaning, especially from the head of an institution whose very mission is to reflect, deliberate and write the law. Setting “pragmatism” against “the theo...
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WHY IS IT A SINGAPOREAN TRADER THAT SUPPLIES FUEL TO GABON? MAIS POURQUOI C’EST UN TRADER SINGAPOURIEN QUI FOURNIT LE CARBURANT AU GABON?

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English version  Gabon pumps around 220,000 barrels of crude oil a day, yet a recent fuel shortage forced the Ministry of Petroleum to call an emergency meeting with fuel marketers and transporters while new tankers were awaited. Meanwhile, an article attributed to Jean Frédéric Ndong Ondo has been circulating, claiming that the Lomé offshore point belongs to United Petro Group, a Singaporean trader, and that the Togolese state plays no role in supplying Gabon. Even if that is true, one question stands out: why does an oil-producing country like Gabon depend on a trader based in Singapore, a country with no oil of its own, to fill its tanks? Crude oil can't go straight into an engine; it has to be refined first. Yet Gabon has only one refinery, SOGARA, which has operated in Port-Gentil since 1967. Its nameplate capacity is around 24,000 barrels a day, roughly one tenth of the country's crude output. In practice, it covers only about 55% of domestic fuel demand. Its ageing equip...
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AFRICA STILL GENERALLY ABSENT FROM THE AWARDING OF NOBEL PRIZES! L’AFRIQUE ENCORE GÉNÉRALEMENT ABSENTE DE L’ATTRIBUTION DES PRIX NOBEL !

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IT IS ALBERT ONDO OSSA WHO IS RIGHT; WE ARE LED BY DUNCES! C’EST ALBERT ONDO OSSA QUI A RAISON; NOUS SOMMES DIRIGÉS PAR DES DÉMEURÉS!

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English version  In his latest interview on Naja TV, Albert Ondo Ossa asserted that the so-called grassroots communication of CBON and his loyalists was nothing more than an exercise in clownery by people who understand nothing about governance. In the end, the facts prove him right. Today, even the pages of L'Union provide ammunition for the government's critics, and the state newspaper itself can no longer hide the failures. Communication contradicted by the facts.  The DGAPG announced that diesel would be back by Sunday, yet people had to wait until Tuesday. The ministry claims everything is available while the stations are empty. Poorly thought-out measures.  The ban on food containers came in the middle of the shortage, before approved jerrycans were available. A spreading crisis.  The shortage has moved from diesel to gasoline, and from Libreville to the interior of the country, despite Monday's meeting at the ministry. Makaya's editorial sums up the general mo...
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