The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Tuesday September 5th, 2023
Coup in Gabon: What Changes Will Follow? by Rene Wadlow
On 27 August 2023, some of the military of Gabon, in particular members of the Presidential Guard, took power and placed President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest. General Brice Oligui Nguema, leader of the Presidential Guard, was named as the transitional leader of what is called “The Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions.” All the other institutions, ministries and parliament were abolished. Some of the former ministers were also placed in house arrest.
The coup most likely brings to an end the rule by the Bongo family from 1967 to 2023 although the son of Ali Bongo, Noureddin, was being prepared to take the presidency. When I was last in Gabon in 1966, I was told by a high level Frenchman in the President’s office that Albert Bongo was the up-and-coming person to watch. The first president of Gabon at independence from France in 1960 was Léon M’ba. By 1966, he was old and ill. His Vice President Paul-Marie Yembit was Vice President because there had to be someone from the south of Gabon to balance the northerner Léon M’ba. All the distribution of government posts was on an ethnic-geographic basis. However, the south of Gabon was less developed than the north and so had fewer educated people.
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Country Day #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“The car
Rumbled
Down the
Gravel road
Under the
Darting blue;
Past scarecrows
And haystacks,
And the flashing hue.”
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Worming #73 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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