"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

    English version   A British company called Savannah Energy is bidding to acquire the assets of Assala Energy, which produces about 45,000 barrels of oil per day in Gabon.   Under Ali Bongo, these assets had been promised to Pertamina, a subsidiary of Maurel & Prom. Since Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema took power, the Gabon Oil Company (GOC) has officially indicated that it wants to buy back these assets.   Savannah Energy is already based in Chad, where it produces 30,000 barrels per day. In the coming weeks, we will know who would buy the assets of Assala Energy.         Version française   Une compagnie Britannique appelée Savannah Energy, entre en lice pour l’acquisition des actifs d’Assala Energy qui produit environ 45000 barils de pétrole par jour au Gabon.   Sous Ali Bongo, ces actifs avaient été promis a Pertamina, une filiale de Maurel & Prom. Depuis la prise de pouvoir par Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema, la Gabon Oil Company (GOC) a of

 

    English version   Some time ago, Mrs. Laurence Ndong, the government spokesperson, appeared on television to declare that the decision to increase the granting of the scholarship to secondary school to the threshold of 12 average out of 20, was driven by a desire to stimulate excellence in Gabon. This blog found this very clumsy, and made it known to its readership and to Mrs. Ndong, in direct and reasoned terms; while distancing itself from all invective. This is to say that in governance and politics, we can tell each other truths, without falling into the baseness of insult and personal destruction.   Since the last cabinet meeting, it has emerged that Mrs. Ndong's husband has been appointed to a general management of a state-owned company. This is currently causing a certain amount of media buzz, often unfortunately giving rise to behaviors that betray the fact that some people were certainly waiting for Mrs. Ndong to stumble, only to pile on her.   This blo

    English version   Could the CTRI triumph turn into the victory of ignorance and idiocy? Are we seeing the political space being occupied by the dunces and the uninformed?   With the debate surrounding the appointment of Laurence Ndong’s husband, we are seeing an unprecedented number of inexperts and political novices, lecturing us about how terrible Laurence Ndong and her husband are.   While Mrs. Ndong is certainly deserving of criticism, this blog would have wished that this debate had been held on the grounds of ideas; but what happened is that very quickly those against Mrs. Ndong showed their real intentions: prejudice, bigotry and lack of expertise in politics and culture at large.   We are preparing a deeper text on this issue; we will post later on Tuesday.         Traduction française   Le triomphe du CTRI pourrait-il se transformer en victoire de l’ignorance et de l’idiotie ? Sommes-nous en train de voir l’espace politique occupé par les

 

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  To read click here Pour lire cliquer ici     Traduction française   L’Exercice d’Equilibriste du Gabon   Le gouvernement de transition gabonais a des difficultés à plaider en faveur de sa réadmission dans les institutions régionales et mondiales.   Billet de blogue d’Alexandra Dent, collaboratrice invitée     Après un peu plus de quatre mois au pouvoir, le chef de la junte gabonaise et président de transition, le général Brice Oligui-Nguema, a récemment conclu une tournée diplomatique vertigineuse ; assister à des sommets mondiaux tels que la COP28 et le sommet Arabie saoudite-Afrique, accueillir des représentants de la France, du Royaume-Uni et des États-Unis, et rencontrer des présidents voisins et des dirigeants d’organisations régionales africaines. Publiant abondamment ces engagements sur les réseaux sociaux, le général Nguema s’est efforcé à la fois de justifier le coup d’État de son gouvernement en août 2023 et d’apaiser les craintes qu’il envisagerai

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      English version   Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema has just appointed Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo as Honorary President of the Constitutional Court. A very curious decision that many Gabonese question.   It should be noted that an honorary president is a former president of an institution to whom one wishes to pay tribute for his or her past service. It is a very honorable mention, although it does not confer decision-making rights. The question is: how can Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo deserve such an honor?   Between 1990 and 2023, Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo presided over a Constitutional Court that systematically validated elections punctuated by extraordinary cheating, unprecedented and absurd fraud, and which carried bloody post-election threats and terrors.   How such a person who actively participated in the destruction of the country for 33 years; and who has been vomited and jeered by almost all the Gabonese people, can receive this anointing from Brice-Clo

      English version   Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema is undoubtedly heading towards an arbitrary and authoritarian management of Gabon, which would make Omar Bongo, his mentor, proud.   Four months after the coup, most of the promised democratic safeguards have never been installed; Worse, they have brought back horrific characters like Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo, one of the chimeras of the republic, in the role of constitutional high priestess. But who are they kidding?   What was supposed to be the laboratory of social, economic and political progress in Gabon, turns out to be sinking into an authoritarian system personified and personalized at all levels. Since his coup on August 30, 2023, Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema has considerably weakened, if not eliminated, all checks and balances. Despite this, he remains very popular, bringing back both state criminals and those nostalgic for the Bongo father era. Was this the rise to bliss?   This blog can here and now

      English version   Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema is said to have met in Dakar with Robert Bourgi, a controversial figure in Françafrique, known for his involvement in French tricks in Africa.   Their meeting is said to have taken place in the greatest discretion in Dakar on 19 January and lasted a little over an hour at the King Fahd Palace, where Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema was staying. A second meeting was even organized between Robert Bourgi and Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema, but this time in the presence of elements of Macky Sall's entourage.   Françafrique is therefore still present in Gabonese affairs. What are these people up to for us? Only time will tell!       Version française   Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema se serait entretenu à Dakar, avec Robert Bourgi, un sulfureux incontournable personnage de la fran ç afrique, connu pour son implication dans les entourloupes françaises en Afrique.   Leur rencontre se serait tenue dans la plus gran

      English version   The oil company Shell continues its withdrawal from the African continent, announcing the sale of its assets in Nigeria.   The person who is in pole position to buy these assets is an old acquaintance from Gabon, Samuel Dossou-Aworet; chairman of the Swiss-based oil company Petrolin. In addition, he is also the main shareholder of the British junior Tullow Oil   Samuel Dossou-Aworet, who has now become Beninese again, is able to line up the billions of dollars needed to buy Shell's assets in Nigeria, but the Gabonese state is struggling to find the money to buy Assala Energy; Dear readers, this gives you an idea of the extent of the ex-Gabonese Samuel Dossou-Aworet’s fortune.           Version française   La compagnie pétrolière Shell continue son retrait du continent Africain, en annonçant la mise en vente de ses actifs au Nigeria.   La personne qui est en pole position pour racheter ces avoirs, est une vielle connaissance

 

    English version   At every AFCON, it’s the same scenario. When they win, then everything is fair. When they don’t, then it’s always the referees’ fault, the climate fault, the bad pitch fault, etc. They, are the North African!   The other day, when Algeria was threatened and often dominated by Burkina-Faso, at the end of the match, the Algerian coach Djamel Belmadi blamed the referees, the misuse of VAR and the heat. Not once did he criticize his own poor tactics. The Algerian Federation when as far as to file a complaint with CAF regarding South African referee Tom Abongile who officiated their game against Burkina Faso.   Remember, it was the same Algerian FA that lodged a complaint to FIFA about the officiating when they played Cameroon at home in Blida, and lost that crucial World Cup qualifier. Coach Djamel Belmadi even suggested in an interview, that this referee, the Gambian Papa Gassama, should be physically eliminated.   In Qatar, and Algerian fan taunted

      English version   Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema was for a long time the head of the intelligence services in Gabon. He therefore knows very well that it is the Gabonese diaspora that has caused the end of the Ali Bongo regime and his wife Sylvia. In fact, the CTRI would have only plucked a ripe fruit. The work of awakening consciousness had already been done in depth over the years, by a robust and determined diaspora. This is what Oligui-Nguema wants to avoid for his regime by asking this diaspora to join him as quickly as possible. It's strategically ingenious; if the diaspora returns to Gabon in the majority, external protest will be reduced and consequently the regime will be more secure in terms of the media. It's very well thought out. Those who underestimate Oligui-Nguema are wrong on all accounts; he has prepared his plan well; he's playing for the next 10 or 20 years.   In Central Africa, it is Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema who will determine the