As President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo prepares to hand the baton to his son Teodorín Equatorial Guinea has emerged as the most pro-Moscow and anti-western government in Central Africa...
Their mission is to train the presidential guard and provide protection to Obiang's son and Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue ‘Teodorín' who has been indicted by the United States Britain and France for grand corruption (AC Vol 58 No 25 Fear in the franc zone)...
Obiang now 75 has designated his eldest son Teodorín Nguema Obiang as heir apparent despite misgivings from some within the family...
Obiang now 75 has designated his eldest son Teodorín Nguema Obiang as heir apparent despite misgivings from some within the family...
Teodorín was convicted in absentia in Paris in October on corruption charges...
In October President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo's son and Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue universally known as 'Teodorín' was convicted in absentia in France for embezzlement money laundering and corruption...
He was duly nominated PDGE presidential candidate last November preventing a split in the party with those who object to Teodorín...
Yet with the succession still unsettled there is speculation that the President could reach out to his former friend Nze and others in a bid to dampen hostility towards a smooth transition in favour of Teodorín...
The virtual disappearance from public view of his heir-apparent Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue ('Teodorín') made it clear that that the President had intended to showcase his country's best side...
When Equatorial Guinea last hosted the tournament in 2012 Teodorín was often to be seen in and out of the grounds offering financial incentives to the national team's players and generally using the event to fly the flag for the ruling family...
Having reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice in October 2014 Teodorín is now seeking a similar deal in France over the case of the 'Biens mals acquis' (Ill-gotten gains; AC Vol 52 No 21 Teodorín's week)...
Heir rageThere is an acceptance that Teodorín's image could use grooming while he waits in the wings for power one senior government advisor told us...
Gabriel Nguema Lima acknowledges though that it is Teodorín as son of the First Lady Constancia Mangue Nsue Okomo de Obiang and as Second Vice-President and Head of Defence and State Security who is the heir apparent...
This does not go down well with the President's younger brother Armengol Ondo Nguema who is no longer on speaking terms with Obiang over Teodorín taking over we hear...
Despite Gabriel's apparent warmth towards his brother Teodorín resents Gabriel's high position say sources in Malabo...
In a rare public peep at the rivalry Teodorín's own television channel Asonga reported in January that a search at Bata port of two containers bound for São Tomé had discovered millions of dollars in cash...
The regime hardliners who control the major economic ministries known as the Cocodrilos would not tolerate any such move and are even wary at times of Teodorín and Gabriel insiders say...
Their son Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue aka Teodorín the Second Vice-President and heir-apparent has kept a low profile...
Aware of his reputation Obiang didn't want his son stealing the limelight (AC Vol 52 No 21 Teodorin's week)...
Teodorín recently settled a law suit in the United States by giving up his US$30 million Malibu mansion...
In June the US Department of Justice said it had also started talks with Obiang's son and Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue (Teodorín) to try to settle a case about the provenance of his assets in the USA without going to trial...
When France sold off heir apparent Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue's luxury car collection for 2...
So now international investors are making no pretence of caring about the trouble a badly managed succession process could bring as Obiang prepares for his son Teodoro 'Teodorín' Nguema Obiang Mangue to take over...
Teodorín got rich as Agriculture Minister and another Obiang son Gabriel Mbega Obiang Lima is currently Mines Minister and making his reputation as the man with whom the international oil companies cand do business (see Box As the oil goes the gas arrives)...
Obiang has handed Teodorín some of the keys to the castle...
By naming his son vice-president Obiang would have made Teodorín his official successor...
he named two vice-presidents Teodorín and the former Prime Minister Ignacio Milam Tang...
Teodorín is Vice-President for National Defence and State Security but government press releases named Tang constitutional successor...
As the new head of National Defence and State Security Teodorín is defusing any issue that might have threatened him personally...
Better pay and a vast new barracks are just part of Teodorín's attempts to win over the rank-and-file...
A political insider said: ‘When they complained about Teodorín's new role in the security sector Obiang said “Well he is in charge now in that field”...
' Teodorín says the first thing he will do when he is president is to get rid of the São Toméans...
Constancia Mangue Nsue Okomo another of Obiang's wives is a driving force behind Teodorín's takeover bid...
The only wild card in the succession game are the cases in the USA and France against Teodorín for lavish spending on mansions and cars while earning only about $100 000 a year as Agriculture Minister...
A Paris court issued an international arrest warrant for Teodorín on charges of money-laundering...
Keeping the theme of family rivalries running throughout the government GEPetrol's Managing Director is Candido Nsue Okomo the uncle of Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue and younger brother of First Lady Constancia Mangue Nsue Okomo...