The Secretary General of La Francophonie, who recently took part in Accra at the ECOWAS summit, landed in Libreville where she met this Wednesday, June 23 with President Ali Bongo, who had just returned from London. Louise Mushikiwabo comes to clear the land so that Gabon does not completely stray from the purse of La Francophonie.
Gabon, according to a message posted on President Ali Bongo’s Facebook account, intends to combine its full and complete membership in the great Francophonie family and openness to the English-speaking world, united within the Commonwealth. These two initiatives, according to the Gabonese presidency, are in no way opposed. On the contrary, they are complementary in linguistic pluralism, among others.
In view of the above, everything seems to converge towards a catch-up session of the OIF (International Organization of La Francophonie) with Gabon, one of the countries of the French-speaking precinct in Africa. Especially since Libreville, since the announcement of its membership in the Commonwealth, no longer conceals its intentions to free itself from a “community that goes round in circles”.
