"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

 

      English version   Vaccine maker Pfizer has reported record revenues for 2022. Full-year revenues for 2022 came in at $100.3 billion, which is an “all-time high” for the multinational corporation, according to the earnings release by Pfizer on Jan. 31. This is the first time the company has seen annual sales in excess of $100 billion, with revenues reflecting 30 percent operational growth.   The amount of $100 billion is equivalent to 60000 billion CFA francs, or 20 times the annual budget of Gabon. In summary, one American corporation has revenue 20 times the Gabonese annual budget.         Version française   Le fabricant de vaccins Pfizer a annoncé des revenus record pour 2022. Les revenus annuels pour 2022 se sont élevés à 100,3 milliards de dollars, ce qui est un « record historique » pour la multinationale, selon la publication des résultats de Pfizer le 31 janvier. C’est la première fois ...

    English version   In 2009, Jean Eyeghe-Ndong was one of the hierarchs of the PDG who left this political formation when it decided to resolutely initiate a dynastic succession for Omar Bongo. The Gabonese people recognized him and showered him with praise for it.   In 2016, Jean Eyeghe-Ndong was one of Jean Ping's main supporters. The Gabonese people recognized him for this and congratulated him.   Suddenly, in 2023, the same Jean Eyeghe-Ndong has announced the end of his walk in the wilderness of political opposition by claiming to support Ali Bongo for a third term. This is often the classic course, unfortunately, of the perfect Gabonese politician!   There is no doubt that in the coming days, Jean Eyeghe-Ndong will be welcomed, drumbeating, in the state media. This is not new under our skies, and it is a pity, that politicians after resigning from the PDG, take a momentary trip in the opposition, then decide to rejoin their party of...

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      English version   The quote in the title is by Lucius Annaeus Seneca who was a philosopher and statesman of Ancient Rome. He was a rebel against traditional religion because he came to believe that religion in Rome had become a political cult whose mission was to control masses; that religion was based on fear, conquest, conversion, and invasion of weak people; and that religion was always against scientific and rational progress.   Dear readers, please look at these pictures of members of the Gabonese government in Church today and think about this quote by Seneca.         Version française   La citation dans le titre vient de Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Sénèque) qui était un philosophe et homme d’État de la Rome antique. Il était un rebelle contre la religion traditionnelle parce qu’il en était venu à croire que la religion à Rome était devenue un culte politique dont la mission était de contrôler les mas...

 

 

 

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  To read click here Pour lire cliquer ici     Traduction française   Un éminent journaliste camerounais retrouvé mort après un enlèvement Par Reuters 23 janvier 2023     Le corps mutilé d’un éminent journaliste camerounais a été retrouvé dimanche près de la capitale Yaoundé, cinq jours après son enlèvement par des assaillants non identifiés, ont annoncé dimanche le syndicat de la presse et un collègue.   Les défenseurs des médias ont décrit la disparition et la mort de Martinez Zogo comme un signe supplémentaire des dangers de faire du journalisme dans ce pays africain.   Zogo, directeur de la station de radio privée Amplitude FM, a été enlevé le 17 janvier par des inconnus après avoir tenté d’entrer dans un poste de police pour échapper à ses agresseurs, a déclaré Reporters sans frontières (RSF).   Zogo avait récemment parlé à l’antenne d’un cas de détournement de fonds présumé impliquant un média ayant des...

 

    English version   In 2017, the Carlyle group acquired Shell’s assets in Gabon, for $587 million (about $352 billion CFA francs). They called the new company they created in Gabon Assala Energy. Only 6 years later, in January 2023, Carlyle has decided to sell Assala-Energy to the Indonesian company Pertamina.   It should be noted that the Indonesian major Pertamina is the parent of the well-known company in Gabon: Maurel & Prom. Carlyle would have mandated the sale of its Gabonese assets to Citibank. The amount of this sale would amount to about one billion dollars (600 billion CFA francs).       Version française   En 2017, le groupe Carlyle a acquis les actifs de Shell au Gabon, pour 587 millions de dollars (environ 352 francs CFA). Ils ont nommé la nouvelle société qu’ils ont créée au Gabon Assala Energy. Seulement 6 ans plus tard, en janvier 2023, Carlyle a décidé de vendre Assala-Energy à la société indonésienne P...

 

  Isabel Dos Santos     English version   The press reveals that Dubai has become the main financial hideout of African potentates. The ruling African families are said to have created companies in Dubai that allow them to recycle with impunity the fortunes looted in Africa.   To recover part of the fortune of the Dos Santos family stashed in Dubai, Angolan President João Lourenço reportedly met with Emir Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi recently to negotiate judicial cooperation and an exchange of banking information between Angola and the United Arab Emirates.   It should be noted that Interpol is currently headed by the Emirati General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, and that Angola is on the trail of the financial assets of the family of José Eduardo dos Santos; especially that of his daughter, Isabel dos Santos, who lives in Dubai. It is in Dubai that she organizes the management of her businesses with the help of one of her proxies, th...

 

      English version   Mrs. Marianne Messani is a Gabonese woman who only asked to remain anonymous by calmly going about her business. But as usual, lawlessness in Gabon came to disrupt her quiet life.   In 2018, Mrs. Messani acquired a plot of land of 4500 square meters. She then undertook a land regularization process with ANUTTC, without any problem. She did receive a favorable opinion from these land authorities. She was issued a certificate of property.   Later, during a field visit, she discovered a house under construction. Information taken, the owner is Mr. Joel Damas, the husband of the current Minister of Justice, Mrs. Erlyne Antonella Ndembet Damas.   Mrs. Messani returned to ANUTTC to ask who was building on her land while she was waiting for the demarcation of the said land by ANUTTC. The Director of ANUTTC consulted his software and confirmed that the land belonged to Mrs. Messani. The Director of ANUTTC sent a team...

 

 

    English version   Paul-Marie Gondjout, leader of a political party; Okay he has the right to be so, but we could still remind him that in politics there is no spontaneous generation. People necessarily come from somewhere and they have a trajectory that demonstrates or does not demonstrate a certain credibility.   What can be asked of Paul-Marie Gondjout is to humbly describe his political journey. Politics, like all other activities, must be an expedition. A political party, whatever it may be, should not simply be a springboard to satisfy an ambition to move closer to power. A political party should be a place of reflection on the future and present of the country and its people.   In great democracies, leading a party is the culmination of successful activism and political trajectory and career. So you don't become party leader on a whim. People do it because they are proposing something different to bring the country to a successful des...