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- Vol 45 No 15
- 21/07/2004
Private estate
An astonishing report by US legislators exposes some of the Obiang government's mass pilfering
- Vol 45 No 12
- 11/06/2004
Liberating the liberator
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has thwarted a second mercenary-sponsored coup attempt in three months, government officials claim. Five rebels were killed, others were captured and a security officer was injured in an incident on Corisco Island, ...
- Vol 45 No 10
- 14/05/2004
For show
Parliamentary and local elections late last month produced an emphatic victory for supporters of the President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. His Partido Democrático para la Guinea Ecuatorial (PDGE) and its allies scored 98 of 100 seats in the Cam...
- Vol 45 No 7
- 02/04/2004
True confessions
Amid the swirl of rumour and counter-claim surrounding March's alleged mercenary-led coup, enter a new ingredient - a 13-page, handwritten, signed confession by Simon Mann, the Old Etonian ex-Guards officer and well-seasoned private military hand detained...
- Vol 45 No 6
- 19/03/2004
All in the family
A failed plot to overthrow President Obiang is the first act in the unfolding succession drama
- Vol 45 No 6
- 19/03/2004
Malabo imbroglio
The failed plot to oust President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo swings wildly from farce to tragedy. The arrest of some 65 foreign soldiers (and the seizure of their Boeing 727 jet) at Harare Airport on 7 March, followed by the arrest of a further 15 in B...
- Vol 45 No 3
- 04/02/2004
Family at war
The network of family and Esangui clan ties that underpins the presidency of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is deeply divided. The trigger was December's coup attempt by General Agustin Ndong Ona.
- Vol 44 No 22
- 07/11/2003
A coup that wasn't
We hear there's some substance to speculation in Equatorial Guinea's capital of Malabo that the authorities foiled a coup attempt in late October. The government on 30 October furiously denied such rumours, which were carried by Agence France Presse, the ...
- Vol 44 No 4
- 21/02/2003
El Jefe reshuffles
Following his overwhelming but controversial 97.1 percent election victory, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, (aka 'El Jefe' The Boss), has tired of efforts to bring oppositionists into government. On 11 February, Obiang announced a new team, all d...
- Vol 44 No 3
- 07/02/2003
Oiling the palm trees
Africa's latest oil state is learning the tricks of the multinational trade
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