"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

English version A press conference is being held today at 14:00 at ROLBG Louis headquarters, with a representative of EELV – France’s Green party, Mr. Lucien BRUNO. You are all invited. Presence of agents of the security forces outside the headquarters of Gabonese Civil Society I want to publicly denounce the presence of armed security forces around and outside the headquarters of ROLBG and the Coalition Publish What Pay yesterday while the statement "Ça Suffit Comme Ça" regarding the Tchango case was being delivered to the press. I have just informed, on the other hand, Western diplomats and the international press about these actions of a regime that continue to descend every day in a dark political depression and which in its crazy psychosis continues to exercise political and security control over the population, particularly the leaders of opinion and students who are the victims of daily assaults by a system vomited by a people eager for freedom and democracy. ...

English version Part II: the regime is trying to rebrand itself A review of the structure of Jeune Afrique's dossier leaves an impression of a very thinly veiled attempt to reframe things, that is to say to situate the debate about an admission of a fact long denied but that one would like to put on the table (at least to appear to put on the table). From the start, the article informed the reader that the topic was breaking a Gabonese taboo. Indeed in George Dougueli's first paragraph, we read: "This debate is forbidden, it does not take place on television, or radio etc. ..." In presenting this series of articles as the breaking of a taboo, Dougueli immediately puts the reader at the evidence that the famous national unity that many of the regime's sycophants hail as an achievement of the 42 years in power of Omar Bongo, is a sham. The admission is made that there is often a gap between the sanitized public statement...

English version Dear readers, the video above shows the attack by the Gabonese security forces of the university campus in Libreville. This happened on Thursday, 24 May 2012. Version française Cher lecteurs, la vidéo ci-dessus démontre l’assaut du campus universitaire de Libreville par les forces de l’ordre. Cela s’est produit le Jeudi 24 May 2012.

English version Dear readers, those of you desiring to learn more about the political dynamics surrounding the Fang ethnic group of Gabon, can read a series of excellent articles on this topic on the very instructive blog “ L'AUTRE GABON ”, written by Guy Nang-Bekale, a Gabonese scholar specializing in political science. After reading these articles, the issue of the Fang in Gabon would become clearer to all. Part I: why this article, and why now? We tell you right away, Jeune Afrique, whatever its content, is a weekly that leaves us quite cold (we on this blog). In fact we read it only rarely. We take an interest when they do an infomercial (their specialty) on Gabon, as these infomercials are often sponsored and presented as journalistic assessments for informational purposes, when in fact they are sponsored by palaces of Françafrique. The article we are analyzing is no exception to the rule and in the first part of this analysis which will las...

English version It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. It is to illustrate that point that we present to you the picture at the top showing the population of the neighbourhood of Louis, in Libreville, demonstrating on the street on Wednesday, 23 May 2012, because they did not have running water in their homes; while the picture at the bottom, shows Ali Bongo enjoying the good life at the expense of taxpayers, at the European champions league's match between Bayern Munich and Chelsea at Allianz arena in Munich, far away from people who lack running water in their homes. No more needs to be said! Version française On dit qu'une image vaut mille mots. C'est pour illustrer cet adage que nous vous présentons ces images. Celle du haut montrant la population du quartier Louis, à Libreville, manifestant dans la rue, le mercredi 23 mai 2012, parce qu'elle n'a pas d'eau courante dans ses maisons; alors que l'image du bas, mont...

English version Dear readers, in its most recent edition and right after the election of François Hollande, the magazine "Jeune Afrique" publishes a dossier about the Fang ethnic group. This dossier is essentially an exercise in political anthropology, because it purports to situate this ethnic group within the political map of Central Africa. We are publishing the copies below with the full knowledge that we did not obtain permission from Jeune Afrique; but we believe that this information is important for our readers to examine and form their own opinion. We hope that the editors of Jeune Afrique would allow us to publish these copies because our intention is not to take away their intellectual property, but to make it more available to the most readers possible. This blog will analyze the content of this dossier in future postings. Version française Chers lecteurs, dans son dernier numéro et tout de suite après l'élection de François Holland...

English version On May 25, the judges will decide the fate of the UPG, between secessionists considered traitors of the UPG (they know who they are) apparently financed by Ali Bongo and the Loyalists, faithful to the old fight, refusing to eat this "emerging" bread. Below is the text in French of a letter to the editor of the newspaper L'Union, to be published on Thursday, by a loyalist, Mr. Thomas Ibinga. Version française Le 25 Mai, les juges décideront sur le sort de l'UPG, entre les sécessionnistes considérés comme traitres de l'UPG (ils se reconnaitront) financés apparemment par Ali Bongo et les Loyalistes, fidèles au combat de toujours, qui refusent de manger de ce pain "émergent". Ci-dessous est le texte du droit de réponse au journal L'Union, qui devrait être publie Jeudi, du loyaliste M. Thomas Ibinga. DROIT DE REPONSE DE MONSIEUR THOMAS IBINGA AU JOURNAL L’UNION CET ARTICLE PRÉCÈDE LE DÉLIBÉRÉ DU REFÉRÉ D...