"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

 

    English version   The Gabonese constitution, approved on 16 November 2024, says the following in its article 11:   Every citizen has the right to life, to the free development of his or her personality, to the respect for his or her dignity and physical and moral integrity. The cloning of human beings is prohibited. All forms of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are prohibited.   Dear readers, when a president of the Transition, who should abide by the constitution, casually talks of torturing people as if this is something done routinely by himself and the people who answer to him, we can only assume that he is part of an apparatus that commits torture under the color of law enforcement against people they take in custody. This is unacceptable.   Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema must understand that State-approved torture is bad for the country as torture is prohibited by international law. The use of torture ...

 

 

 

      English version   Dear readers, remember that the new Gabonese Constitution that has just been promulgated, through its article 27, now imposes military service on all citizens. Those who voted yes for this Constitution may have thought that Gabonese citizens needed military discipline to behave better.   The problem is that, as days go by and the killings accumulate, the Gabonese security forces seem to be even more undisciplined and criminally violent than civilian citizens. One could fear that Gabonese citizens who would pass through the hands of military instructors, would come back even more dangerous than they were before.   In Gabon, bad governance is corroding all public services, and it is not surprising that the army also suffers from this evil. In fact, apart from the Republican Guard, Gabonese security forces are poorly trained and suffer from notorious indiscipline.   Dear readers, if the country is rotten, so are...

      English version   Welcome to the convivial opposition version II, with Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema in the role of Omar Bongo and Alain-Claude Billie-By-Nze in the role of Mba des Bois. Dear readers, you are being fooled in Gabon. The presidential election is upcoming, and to be better elected, Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema needs a tailor-made opponent. Don't say that this blog didn't warn you.   But by the way, in a democracy, what is an opposition?   When we hear the word opposition, the first thing we usually think of is the word "no", which is to say and do what is the opposite of the established order. But concretely, in politics, the opposition consists simply of politicians who are not in power, or allies of power. It is the politicians who do not have the controls of the management of the state in their hands.   The role of the opposition in a democracy is very important because it makes it possible to restore the balan...

 

      English version   In Gabon, in many families, there is the sale of undivided property by one of the heirs, behind the back and against the will of the other heirs. This situation creates many disorders and inconveniences. The main consequence is that families are now dislocated.   This situation is only possible because in Gabon, the judiciary is one of the most corrupt corporations. Notaries and lawyers who allow the sale of undivided property to be possible must be denounced, arrested, brought before the courts and punished if necessary. Only then will we put an end to this scourge.   The late Léon Mba was not just anybody. He is still the first President of Gabon. If his property could to be sold fraudulently, then, the average Gabonese cannot protect their small shack or small plot of land from crooked speculators.   In all Gabonese families, including the Léon Mba family, crooked speculators will always find a family memb...

 

 

    English version   From the outset, this blog would like to clear up any ambiguity about the fact that the artist L'Oiseau Rare fully deserves to have the Gabonese nationality. Obtaining this nationality should have been his a long time ago. This is not the purpose of this post.   What bothers us is that Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema found it wise to ostentatiously interfere in what should be one of the most banal administrative acts in the Gabonese Republic: the acquisition of nationality. In the hierarchy of issues on Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema's desk, obtaining the nationality by L'Oiseau Rare should not even be part of the first 10,000 problems to be solved. This is how Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema devalues the presidential office.   A State organized has several departments, each playing its role for the smooth running of society. Even if the Head of State has a discretionary power over the attribution of nationality, the fact remains that...

    To read click here Pour lire cliquer ici     Traduction française   En tant que fondateur et PDG d'Arise Group, l'une des plus grandes plateformes d'investissement dans les infrastructures en Afrique, Gagan Gupta a, en une décennie, développé un portefeuille de plus de 18 projets d'infrastructure à grande échelle à travers l'Afrique. Présent dans 12 pays africains et employant plus de 6200 personnes, construisant des écosystèmes industriels et logistiques, le développement durable est au cœur de sa mission, tout comme le développement des talents africains. La zone économique spéciale du Gabon qu'il a construite en 2021 a été la première zone industrielle neutre en carbone d'Afrique. Il parle ici de ses principales stratégies pour débloquer l'avenir de l'Afrique. Développer les ressources naturelles de l'Afrique   Pendand trop longtemps, l'Afrique a exporté ses ressources naturelles. L'ensemble du modèle d'affa...

        English version   Gabon is an astonishing country: all serious economists tell us that the country is in a delicate budgetary situation, that youth unemployment is now threatening social balance; What is the government doing? It announced during the last Council of Ministers, a slew of appointments of senior executives in the administration.   We are wondering what the regime is going to pay all these people with? Knowing that the budget deficit for the year that is ending is already obvious, where will they find the money to absorb all these new directors?   Scholarships for students abroad are paid randomly. Diplomats posted abroad regularly receive notices of expulsion. Retirees are struggling to receive their dues.   But in the face of these immense challenges, the regime finds it urgent to find jobs for people who campaigned for the yes vote in the referendum.   We really wonder where this regime is ...

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    To read Paul Biya's speech, click here Pour lire le discours de Paul Biya, cliquer ici     English version   In their presentation on Gabon Television, the Minister of Economy Mays Mouissi and his colleague of Public Accounts Charles Mba, essentially affirmed that the Gabonese economy was doing well in terms of budget, i.e. tax revenues, public debt and prospects, i.e. the future.   However, in his speech at the CEMAC Extraordinary Summit on December 16, 2024, Cameroonian President Paul Biya said this:   As you know, the international environment, which has been particularly difficult in recent years, has had a significant impact on our public finances. According to recent data, our net foreign assets have declined significantly.   This situation is worrying and calls for urgent action on our part to reverse this curve.   You will recall that three years ago, we met by videoconference for a similar Summit, to e...