Oligui, a president of bad luck? Gabon under the sign of misfortune since his arrival?

Since he took the reins of the country, Brice Oligui Nguema seems to have brought back with him a series of curses on Gabon. We can't say that everything is going well under his reign, quite the contrary! Between incessant power cuts, football debacles, derailed trains and taxis that collide, the president increasingly resembles a real national "jinx".

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Power cuts: back to the stone age

For several months, the Gabonese have been living to the rhythm of power outages, as if the country had suddenly been catapulted into another era. With repeated outages, electricity seems to have become a rare, almost exotic commodity. This is the height of irony for a country with abundant natural resources! The population has had enough, and rightly so: how can we hope to develop a country when the lights go out at the slightest gust of wind?

The situation is critical and the power cuts continue to intensify . For many, these power cuts symbolize the inability of the new regime to manage public affairs. Businesses are suffering, households are organizing themselves as best they can, and the whole country seems plunged into a kind of electrical apathy that reflects a broader immobility.

Football: Gabon humiliated on the international scene

If the current is not flowing in homes, it also seems to be cut off on the football fields. Once a source of national pride with stars like Aubameyang, the Gabonese team also seems to be a victim of this presidential "bad luck" for several months. Recently, we will note a pathetic 0-0 against Lesotho and a monumental thrashing against Morocco, 4-1. The humiliation is total, especially for a country that had so much hope in its football.

One might almost wonder if bad luck struck the national team as soon as Oligui took his place at the Palais du Bord de Mer. The round ball seems to have become square under his orders, and the team is stringing together poor performances as if it were bewitched. If this continues, the CAN could turn into a real nightmare, a bit like the overall situation in the country.

Trains and taxis run wild

As if that were not enough, on the transportation front, things are also going to hell. A mining train derailed yesterday, completely paralyzing the country's rail traffic. Gabon is not exactly a hub for the rail industry, so seeing a train leave the tracks in the middle of mining operations is a painful symbol of the chaos that reigns. According to reports , the accident not only brought production to a halt, but it symbolizes the glaring inefficiency of a system that is at the end of its tether.

And that's not all: in Libreville, taxi accidents are multiplying at an alarming rate . Journalists highlight the increase in collisions between taxis, transforming each journey into a real chase in the heart of the capital. The roads, once simply chaotic, have become arenas where fear and uncertainty reign. Whose fault is it? The weather? The poor state of the roads? Or... Oligui?

A dark series that never ends

In the end, we can only ask ourselves the question: has Brice Oligui become Gabon's bad luck charm? Under his leadership, the country seems caught in a vicious spiral, chaining together disaster after disaster. Power cuts, sports debacles, train derailments, chaos in transport... And all this, without counting the uncertain economic future hanging over the country's nose. And to top it all off: the news seems to indicate the return of a disaster that is not natural but political, the Gabonese Democratic Party . This typhoon that we thought was far away is heading towards Libreville at high speed, according to meteorologists and political scientists. How can we remain calm?

So, bad luck or incompetence? The Gabonese may not have the answer, but one thing is certain: as long as these events continue, Oligui is, without a doubt, the president of bad luck.