"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

Photo: Gabonreview English Version Practicing Mborantsuo could mean in the Gabonese lexicon: to fake, to cheat, to indulge in fraud, to lie, to disguise, etc. The survey of the Gabonese population that has just been released by the Bongo regime, is nothing less than some “Mborantsuo”. Already in 2009, the regime, the CENAP and the Constitutional Court had placed the Gabonese electorate at more than 800,000 souls. A figure everyone knew to be outrageously exaggerated. Because over 50% of the Gabonese population is minor, we had to have a population of 1.6 million Gabonese for that number to have at least a chance to be true; which was far from being the case. So to legitimize a false estimate of the Gabonese population in order to use these fictitious figures to justify the inflation they foresee in 2016, those in power were keen to publish in advance, a census that would make possible a Gabonese electorate of at least 800,000 souls; who knows, in 2016, they will perh...

Pierre Péan dans "Le club de la presse" - PARTIE 1 by Europe1fr Pierre Péan dans "Le club de la presse" - PARTIE 2 by Europe1fr Pierre Péan dans "Le club de la presse" - PARTIE 3 by Europe1fr Pierre Péan dans "Le club de la presse" – PARTIE 4 by Europe1fr

L'INTERVIEW - Paul-marie Gondjout - Gabon by AFRICA24

The MOGABO comedians Les comediens du MOGABO Photo: MOGABO English Version If it is as much fun as predictable to observe members of the PDG in power, crying for the candidacy of Ali Bongo to the 2016 presidential election; it is appalling and heartbreaking to watch on the side of the opposition, a troublesome agitation for candidacies that suggest a risk to once again have disparate and frivolous candidates go to an election, with no chance of success as long as the prerequisites for free, transparent and democratic elections, are not met in Gabon. To the members of the PDG, we ask a simple question, not two, not three, not four, just one small question: "you are asking Ali Bongo to run; you are even willing to pay his fee; very well! But what papers will he present? " To members of the opposition, we also ask a small question; not two, not three, not four; one small question: "you who are ready to declare yourself candidates; tell us how you wi...

Michel Tomi (photo: Le Monde)

Versión Española La encrucijada gabonesa Jueves , 28 de Mayo de 2015 El pasado 12 de abril, fallecía André Mba Obame en Yaundé (Camerún). Tenía 52 años. Los graves disturbios –incluida la quema de la embajada de Benín– acontecidos en la capital, Libreville, tras conocerse el deceso de la figura que encarnaba la esperanza del cambio democrático en Gabón, dan medida de la crispación que vive el país desde la muerte de Omar Bongo en Barcelona, en junio de 2009, tras 42 años de dominio absoluto sostenido por Francia. Ocurre en otras naciones africanas: la pátina de “estabilidad” solo tapa volcanes en activo. Doctor en Ciencias Políticas por La Sorbona, Mba Obame, de etnia fang, ocupó diversas carteras ministeriales y formó parte del grupo de jóvenes renovadores junto al primogénito del presidente, Alí Ben Bongo, con quien disputó la jefatura del Estado en las elecciones de 2009, como secretario general de Unión Nacional para la Democracia y el Desarrollo (UNDD). E...

Pierre Péan (photo: Marianne)

Mesdames et Messieurs, distingués invités Je commencerai mon propos par une citation d’un chanteur-poète de mon pays, le Gabon, Pierre-Claver Akendengué. Il dit ceci dans une de ces chansons « vivre sans vivre la liberté dans son pays n’est pas digne d’un peuple considérable. Mais tout peuple est considérable, considérable ». Je fais partie de cette nation respectable. Une nation en Afrique centrale, riche en ressources naturelles et couverte de forets tropicales, peuplée seulement de 1,5 millions d’habitants. Je suis très honoré d’être parmi vous aujourd’hui, devant cette auguste assemblée en tant que représentant de la société civile gabonaise libre, représentant du peuple gabonais. Je suis devant vous, à l’image du peuple gabonais : handicapé, sur chaise roulante, mais pourtant debout, combatif et fier. Je ne suis pas né handicapé, c’est une maladie, la poliomyélite qui m’a arraché ma mobilité. J’ai dû, dans des conditions très difficiles, me battre pour su...