Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Population: 0.7 million
GDP: $11200 million
Debt: $1.0% of GDP
Overview:

After another near-100% electoral victory in November 2009, President Teodoro Obiang Mbasogo Nguema’s family will continue its political domination as it searches for more oil to finance its excesses.

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  • Vol 47 No 21
  • 20/10/2006

No man an island

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan wanted to resolve a 35-year old territorial dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon before his tenure ends. That looks doubtful. The minuscule, uninhabited islands of Mbanié, Cocotiers and Conga ar...

  • Vol 46 No 20
  • 07/10/2005

Billing and couping

Malabo has made no progress in its campaign to ensnare alleged Western coup plotters

  • Vol 46 No 9
  • 29/04/2005

Lost and found

Reports that Severo Moto Nsa, self-styled leader of Equatorial Guinea's Madrid-based government-in-exile, has surfaced in Croatia, are unlikely to stop the feverish speculation about what he's been doing since his family reported him missing a month a...

  • Vol 46 No 8
  • 15/04/2005

No papers, no case

Equatorial Guinea has failed to obtain disclosure of documents it needs for its case against the alleged coup plotters of March 2004. British firm Penningtons, legal advisors to the government and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, have been sui...

  • Vol 46 No 5
  • 04/03/2005

Emotional stress

Since last year's muddled coup attempt involving British citizens (including Sir Mark Thatcher), Britain's relations with Equatorial Guinea have been cool. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo seems to want to mend his fences, and has appointed his ...

  • Vol 46 No 2
  • 21/01/2005

Crabs in a barrel

Exclusive update on the Equatorian coup plot deals - only available online

  • Vol 45 No 24
  • 03/12/2004

Under the volcanoes

The greatest threat to President Obiang's personal rule comes from within - not from foreign plotters

  • Vol 45 No 23
  • 19/11/2004

Trial of strength

The decision by Equatorial Guinea to include three British citizens in legal proceedings in connection with an alleged mercenary-led coup apparently uncovered last March is a clear indication of deteriorating diplomatic and commercial relations between...

  • Vol 45 No 18
  • 10/09/2004

Splodges of wonga

Several businessmen whose names are on the so-called 'wonga list' obtained by South African investigators plan legal action to contest claims of their alleged involvement in a coup plot in March (AC Vol 45 Nos 6, 7 & 17). The list, seen by Africa ...

  • Vol 45 No 17
  • 27/08/2004

New twist

The 25 August raid by South Africa's 'Scorpion' police squad on the Cape Town house of Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, follows a private meeting last week with officials in Pretoria about his alleged involvement in a...

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