- Vol 45 No 7
- 2nd April 2004
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
- 19th March 2004
A failed plot to overthrow President Obiang is the first act
in the unfolding succession drama
- Vol 45 No 6
- 19th March 2004
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
- 4th February 2004
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
- 7th November 2003
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
- 21st February 2003
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
- 7th February 2003
Africa's latest oil state is learning the tricks of the multinational trade
- Vol 43 No 8
- 19th April 2002
President Obiang's latest coup plot looks like a pre-succession purge
- Vol 42 No 13
- 29th June 2001
Teodorin Nguema Obiang is back home in Malabo, as the race to succeed his father, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, heats up. As United States' oil companies and the Corporate Council on Africa talk up Equatorial Guinea's oil and gas potential, Teo...
- Vol 42 No 10
- 18th May 2001
The latest intrigues among Equatorial Guinea's ruling family indicate the succession struggle is heating up in Africa's emerging oil emirate. The stakes are high: the country's current oil production of 185,000 barrels a day is rising fast with the United...