"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

 

English version At a time when Gabon is going through a major financial crisis, with many strikes, what does CBON find to do? He organizes his « New York Forum Africa ». He just needs to bring back Richard Attias to lead it. Orchestrated by Richard Attias’ agency between 2012 and 2015, the NYFA was fundamentally a vast public relations operation. It was a matter of selling the concept of Emerging Gabon to international financiers who never came. In short, it was an expensive subcontracting of the country’s diplomatic image to a Western communication agency. The narrative of the CBON forum is refocused on Libreville as a crossroads of influence in Central Africa, marking a desire to take back control of the diplomatic and economic agenda. But is this the most urgent need right now? We know that NYFA was an opaque financial abyss. Analyses of budget execution revealed that these summits cost billions of CFA francs, up to 4.7 billion FCFA disbursed for the 2015 edition alone. The...

 

 

English version The current dynamic of militant movements on the continent reveals both hypocrisy and false pretence. Kemi Seba’s arrest in South Africa, which occurred on April 13, 2026, did not trigger the same wave of popular mobilization or massive indignation that often accompanied his previous arrests. Africans are brave until their heroes need their courage the most; and then they distance themselves. In the past, Kemi Seba’s arrests were often linked to highly symbolic acts of defiance (such as burning a CFA franc banknote in Senegal) or direct demonstrations against the French presence in Africa. These actions offered a clear narrative of opposition to neocolonialism, which easily federated opinion. He is currently being prosecuted in South Africa for an attempt at illegal immigration to Zimbabwe, and is under an arrest warrant issued by Benin for his support for the failed coup of December 2025 against President Patrice Talon. This framework, strictly inter-African and crimin...

English version History is full of examples of leaders who have put in place an unjust legal system to punish others, which still ended up grinding them. Under the Terror, Maximilien Robespierre and his ally Georges Couthon were the architects of the formidable law of 22 prairial (June 10, 1794) in France. This law reorganizes the Revolutionary Tribunal in a terrible way. It simply removes the right for suspects to have a lawyer to defend themselves, as well as the right to make witnesses heard. The jurors rely only on « moral evidence », and only two outcomes are possible: acquittal or death. This is the beginning of the Great Terror. Barely a month and a half later, on 9 Thermidor (July 27, 1794), Robespierre was overthrown by the Convention. To ensure his quick end, he is declared outlawed. This legal status implies that he is deprived of any trial and any means of defence. He was guillotined the next day, without being able to justify himself, struck by the expeditious and...

English version To read the original article click here . Version française   Traduction de l’article paru sur CNN.com Le président Donald Trump a signé samedi un décret visant à encourager la recherche élargie sur les drogues psychédéliques, dans le cadre d’une poussée plus large visant à explorer les nouveaux traitements en matière de santé mentale. « Dans de nombreux cas, ces traitements expérimentaux ont montré un potentiel de changement de vie pour ceux qui souffrent de maladie mentale grave et de dépression, y compris nos chers anciens combattants », a déclaré Trump lors d’un événement de signature dans le bureau ovale. Le président a également annoncé que le gouvernement fédéral faisait un investissement de 50 millions de dollars pour des recherches sur l’ibogaine un remède psychédélique. Trump, avant de signer l’ordonnance, a souligné que la recherche initiale démontrait le potentiel du médicament et a plaisanté en disant qu’il en voulait lui-même. « Puis-je en avoir, s’il ...