English version 1. They told us that Ali Bongo was doing better, that his recovery was progressing in the right direction and that his return to Gabon would be only a matter of weeks. 2. They showed us videos of a supposed Ali Bongo talking with the King of Morocco, with Mborantsuo, Issoze-Ngondet and Maganga-Moussavou. 3. They brought a supposed Ali Bongo to Libreville for the swearing-in of a government whose members were to be held 50-70 meters from the one in front of whom they were to be sworn. 4. During the swearing-in ceremony, the journalists were banned from entering the ceremonial hall, a first in the history of Gabon; and no close-up image was broadcast of this supposed Ali Bongo who presided over this ceremony. 5. Then Edouard Valentin died in France. 6. A good number of the regime’s members made the trip to France for his funeral, except Ali Bongo, who is doubly affiliated with Edouard Valentin whose daughter is his spouse, and in retur...