"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

 

 

  Traduction française   Dikembe Mutombo, qui était arrivé à l'Université de Georgetown en tant qu'étudiant étranger avec l'ambition de devenir médecin, mais qui devint une présence imposante dans le basket-ball professionnel et un agent humanitaire dévoué dans son pays natal, la République démocratique du Congo, est décédé ce lundi. Il avait 58 ans.   La cause est un cancer du cerveau, selon la National Basketball Association, qui a annoncé la nouvelle.   Mutombo n'a pas commencé à jouer au basket-ball avant le milieu de l'adolescence, ayant préféré le football dans son enfance. Un frère aîné, Ilo, et son père, Samuel, l'ont encouragé à essayer le sport dans lequel sa corpulence surdimensionnée, qui s'est finalement étendu à 2 mètres 18 centimètres, combiné à son agilité athlétique pourrait être plus bénéfique.   Il a joué 18 saisons en NBA pour six équipes, prenant sa retraite avec le deuxième plus grand nombre de tirs bloqués de l'hist...

 

 

 

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  Traduction française Le plus jeune président élu d'Afrique veut un nouvel ordre  mondial Dans sa première interview accordée aux médias occidentaux depuis qu'il est devenu président du Sénégal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye a déclaré que les Nations Unies devaient changer pour refléter l'évolution de la démographie mondiale. 25 Septembre 2024 Le président Bassirou Diomaye Faye a acquis une renommée internationale en mars dernier lorsqu'il est passé de prisonnier à président élu du Sénégal, un pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest, en 10 jours, devenant ainsi le plus jeune dirigeant élu du continent. Il portait les espoirs de la population la plus jeune et à la croissance la plus rapide de la planète, qui voyait en lui un nouveau départ et une rupture avec les nombreux présidents et dirigeants militaires vieillissants d'Afrique. Mais jusqu'à présent, il a rarement donné des interviews. S'adressant au New York Times la semaine dernière – lors de sa premièr...

    English version In Gabon, we note to deplore it, that among those who spent years condemning Sylvia Bongo for her fake charities that mocked the misery of the Gabonese people, many today wear t-shirts stamped with the emblems of the foundations of the two wives of Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema. In their heads, they find themselves normal and logical. In Gabon, many yesterday were crying out for freedom of expression and political plurality; today the same people are saying that Oligui-Nguema should stay in power for 10-15 or 20 years.   In their heads, they find themselves normal and logical. Dear readers, democracy is deceptively simple in both form and appearance, but it is intricate and complex in its real-life manifestation. The fact of the matter is that ib Gabon, some people who call themselves democrats, tolerate a form of governance that reeks of dictatorship and totalitarianism. In Gabon many bragg that they are restoring institutions. Though this ...

 

      English version   All over the world, all countries that believed in the concentration of power in the hands of one person eventually failed. But in Gabon, Séraphin Moundounga tells us that we will be the exception. In our country, the concentration of power in the hands of Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema alone will lead us to bliss. It's despicable!   A consensus widely shared by political scientists and historians tells us that in successful countries, power and checks and balances are the guarantors of stability and good governance. Indeed, historical experience and comparative analyses of many political systems have shown that a balance between executive power and checks and balances is essential to ensure stability, prosperity and respect for fundamental rights within a nation.   Checks and balances are essential to limiting absolute power by preventing a single person from holding all the levers of power. Countervailing powers avoid...

    English version Do people need to insult and slander Alain-Claude Billie-By-Nze to make it clear that they are opposed to what he represents? Everyone knows that in Gabon, Alain-Claude Billie-By-Nze, Ali Bongo's last Prime Minister, had become the main symbol of the post-truth era in which the country was immersed under Ali and Sylvia Bongo. Intelligent people would try to engage in a substantive debate with the representatives of the fallen regime; but the most obtuse are content to become actual inpector Javert whose extremism to silence Alain-Claude Billie-By-Nze makes any statement on their part inaudible. Even if they consider that under Ali Bongo, the excesses of Alain-Claude Billie-By-Nze seemed to have reached an unprecedented level, profoundly distorting the public debate, it is not by asking him almost systematically to be silent, that they will end up getting the better of him. Alain-Claude Billie-By-Nze's political opponents must do as he does, i.e....

 

    English version   Faced with the recurrence of power outage in Gabon, Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema has ended up getting angry. He has decided to crack down severely on the incompetent and crooked SEEG agents. This is all well and good, but are SEEG agents the only ones responsible?   What was the role of the Gabonese government and state in the degeneration of SEEG? Where were the state regulatory bodies? Where was the Gabonese judicial system that was supposed to enforce the laws? SEEG collected 500 million CFA francs per day, or nearly 283 billion CFA francs per year. How with such cash inflows, this company has not been able to invest in the maintenance of its infrastructure? Who financed the establishment of the subcontracting companies, and who gave them contracts?   To successfully recover Gabon's water and electricity supply, Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema needs to dig deeper and go further.         Ve...

 

    English version The expression "iron sharpens iron" is derived from Proverbs 27:17 in the Bible, which states something like this: "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." This is meant to suggest that just as iron tools or blades are sharpened through contact with other iron or hard rocks, people can also improve and grow through interaction, challenge, and collaboration with others. In the context of Gabon, iron sharpens iron means that people should accept competition as a necessity for them to become more effective and competent and that just following politicians like sheep will only lead them where sheep end up: to slaughter! For the progress of a people or a country, individuals or groups with different skills and perspectives need to come together to challenge and refine each other's ideas. This collaborative process can lead to innovation and progress, much like how iron tools become sharper and more effective through mutua...

        English version   These days in Gabon, Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema’s brand of populism has seemingly turned the majority of the population into blind sheep who are no longer using common sense to evaluate the military regime in power.   We all know that it's essential for citizens to be informed and critical thinkers when evaluating political leaders, because blindly following politicians can lead to misinformed decisions, lack of accountability which leads to corruption and abuse of power and to the inevitable erosion of democracy.   Citizens should know their politicians and scrutinize their policies, their records, and past actions. Citizens should never be afraid to challenge politicians and demand clear explanations. It is by being politically active and engaged citizens, that it can insured that the government will work for the benefit of all.   This blog supports the initiative taken by Daniel Mengara and hi...