"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

      English version   The husband of Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo, former number two of Gabonese Freemasonry, Lin Mombo, is announced in the Ivory Coast as a drop-off point.   Dear readers, when you hear something like this, it's because the bastard has already invested a good fortune in the land of elephants, and he's settling there to better manage his businesses and those of his sweetheart.   Also, we are told, Lin Mombo is planning to open, in Côte d'Ivoire, a Masonic lodge under the oversight of the American Royal Arch Rite. Apparently, this lodge will be his means of recruiting young Ivorians who want to climb the ladder very quickly towards easy fortune and life.         Version française   L’époux de Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo, ancien numéro deux de la Franc Maçonnerie Gabonaise, Lin Mombo, est annonce en Côte d’Ivoire comme point de chute.   Chers lecteurs, quand vous entendez comme ça...

 

 

      English version   As part of the campaign to promote Gabonese Treasury securities, to sell them on the stock markets, the Minister of Public Accounts of Gabon, Charles Mba, and the Director of Debt, the lively Jean-Gaspard Ntoutoume-Ayi, promise to raise more than 800 billion CFA francs in the CEMAC region.   Only, we Gabonese want to know how this debt would be used EXACTLY? Here we do not want general explanations, but details of how this money is programmed. We must no longer accept the concept of money not loving noise.   Recently, Deputy Prime Minister Alexandre Barro-Chambrier announced the planning of 3000 billion CFA francs of projects for the next 3 years, at a rate of 1000 billion per year. Here, too, we want the details about these projects.   Since the Minister of the Economy is going appear on the program "Les Grands Dossiers" this Sunday, we hope that he will be able to enlighten us on these various questions. ...

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    English Version     Once again, Senegal and its people have just taken significant steps towards consolidating their democracy and strengthening their institutions. While other African countries are still floundering in unnecessary political turmoil and easily avoidable governance challenges, the Senegalese people continue to demonstrate their political maturity, their commitment to their democratic values, and the supremacy of justice, the rule of law and the spirit of solidarity.   Like Gabon, Senegal was under French colonial rule. However, the post-independence trajectories of the two countries are different, as Senegal was led by intellectuals like Léopold Sédar Senghor and Abdou Diouf, who quickly adopted the principle of the pre-eminence of democratic institutions, while the Bongo family that remained in power for 56 years, implemented an authoritarian regime, whose kleptocracy would eventually cause deep economic stagnation.   Over...

 

  English version Before Jean-Marc Ekoh, before Nzoghe-Nguema, before Agondjo-Okawe, before Doukakas-Nziengui, before many illustrious Gabonese who have served the national cause throughout their lives, it is the very dapper Zita-Oligui-Nguema who will receive the honors of seeing public buildings bear her name. Maybe we are the ones who do not understand very well, this kind of surge towards this kind of bliss. So goes Gabon!   Version française Avant Jean-Marc Ekoh, avant Nzoghe-Nguema, avant Agondjo-Okawe, avant Doukakas-Nziengui, avant bien d’illustres Gabonais ayant servi la cause nationale pendant toute leur vie, c’est la très pimpante Zita-Oligui-Nguema qui recevra les honneurs de voir des bâtisses publiques porter son nom. Peut-être que c’est nous qui comprenons très mal ce type d’essor vers ce genre de félicité. Ainsi va le Gabon !

 

    English version   In the past 100 years, many countries have been able to move from poverty to developed status. But none of them has done it by just distributing cars and money to activists; or by sending equipment in villages so the people living there can watch television.   No, these are just populist actions that have no consequences in the country progress toward development. In serious countries with serious governments, to get out of poverty, the following decisions are made with priority:   1.        Provide good education for all school age children. 2.        Create more jobs in order to expand the workforce and create a stable middle class. 3.        Provide basic infrastructure and services, such as roads, bridges, water supplies, electricity, and stable food supplies, for the entire population. 4.        ...

      Traduction fran ç aise   Une vague de coups d'État militaires et des présidents qui s'accrochent au pouvoir, sont les deux faces d'une même médaille antidémocratique qui sévit en Afrique francophone, selon les experts.   Par Ruth Maclean Reportage de Dakar, Sénégal     Au Sénégal, le président a tenté d'annuler une élection. Au Niger, un coup d'État militaire a renversé un président élu, qui, huit mois plus tard, est toujours emprisonné au palais présidentiel. Au Tchad, le principal responsable politique de l'opposition a été tué lors d'une fusillade avec les forces de sécurité. Et en Tunisie, qui fut autrefois la seule réussite démocratique des rébellions du Printemps arabe, le président oriente de plus en plus l'État vers une autocratie.   La démocratie est en difficulté dans les anciennes colonies françaises d'Afrique. Et les deux façons dont elle est subvertie – par les élus chargés de la faire respecter, ou par l...

 

    Traduction fran ç aise   Vaughan Gething, du Pays de Galles, est le premier Chef de Gouvernement Noir d'Europe   M. Gething, 50 ans, a été élu de justesse à la tête du Parti travailliste au pouvoir au Pays de Galles cette semaine, puis a été élu premier ministre par le Senedd, ou Parlement gallois.     Vaughan Gething est devenu jeudi la première personne noire à diriger un gouvernement national en Europe, un jour après avoir été élu premier ministre du Pays de Galles.   Dans un discours prononcé devant le Senedd gallois, M. Gething, qui est né en Zambie, a souligné le caractère historique de son élection dans un endroit où près de 94% de la population d'environ trois millions d'habitants est blanche, selon les données du gouvernement.   « C'est une question de fierté, je crois, pour un Pays de Galles moderne, mais aussi une responsabilité intimidante pour moi et que je ne prends pas à la légère », a-t-il décl...

 

      English version   On the night of March 8 to 9, 2023, the Esther Miracle sank near the coast of Libreville, killing dozens of people and deeply traumatizing the Gabonese population.   This shipwreck revealed to the Gabonese population that the country did not in fact have any first aid system that could deal with that kind of situation. The government of the day promised that it would learn from this tragedy and that measures would be taken to strengthen the response and first aid system.   A year later, on March 20, 2024, Perenco announced that a fire had occurred on its offshore drilling platform, Becuna, and that following this fire, 5 people were missing.   Dear readers, when this blog examines the reaction of Perenco and that of the Gabonese authorities, it is clear that we do not seem to have learned anything from the sinking of the Esther Miracle, and that the shortcomings that the country had in terms of rescue a year ...

 

      English version   One Cuban Peso is equal to 23 CFA francs. Cuban government budget is about 70 billion CUP, or 1610 billions CFA francs. Cuba has 11 million people.   Gabon government budget is about 4000 billion CFA francs or the double of Cuba’s. Gabon has 2 million people.   Cuba has been under economic embargo since 1962; Gabon has never been under embargo.   Dear readers, it is Cuba that sends its doctors to Gabon and not the other way around. Why, Oh lord, why?   While the Gabonese people were dancing and having a good time since 1960, Cuba was laboring very hard to develop its own unique society suited to the special conditions and challenges its population was facing. Cuba did not simply copy and apply a model developed elsewhere; it chose to organize its own systems. One of its great successes is its health care system.   In Cuba, healthcare, along with education, housing, transportation, and basi...