Ali Bongo: The underside of a technical stopover transformed into a working visit

On Thursday 13 July, the highly contested President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, visited Lomé. According to the press release issued at the end of this brief stay, it is learned that the son Bongo arrived at Lomé at the invitation of his Togolese counterpart.

"This move by the Gabonese President is part of the strengthening of the cooperation relations between Togo and Gabon and that of the West African and Central subregions. The two heads of state held one-on-one talks on topics related to South-South cooperation, in particular between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and The Community of Central African States (ECCAS), "the communiqué said.

As curious as it may seem, it is not said anywhere in this famous statement that Faure Gnassingbé asked his counterpart the problematic of the hell that live more than 30 000 Togolese in Gabon, become slaves of modern times. It is a euphemism to say that these two papa sons who resemble each other (monarchic succession, electoral fraud, massacres of civilians, neutralization of opponents, escapades and expensive prodigalities, a taste for power for life) More of their armchair in these times than the happiness of their populations.

This official visit is not one of them. Since he and his collaborators have been harassed by Gabonese activists from the Diaspora and the French media, Ali Bongo avoids making private visits to Europe. It is therefore on the way of his holidays in Cuba that he made a stopover, technique in Lomé, for refueling, in kerosene, the journey that can reach more than 17h of flight. To hide the technical character of this stopover everything has been implemented on both sides to make believe a working visit. Once supplied Ali Bongo Ondimba took the air alone, heading for Cuba, leaving in Lome some Gabonese officials who came to play the game. The latter left Lomé only in the afternoon of Saturday by Asky.

Gabon's official television did not mention the stay of the Gabonese president in Lomé. And for a simple technical stopover, the Lomé power mobilized the bodies formed to spend the day at the airport. This is how our countries are governed from father to son.

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