EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Paris-based Jeune Afrique's report that authorities uncovered a plot to oust President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in June after Russian intelligence supplied by the Africa Corps alerted Malabo to a container of weapons arriving at Bata port has prompted a furious denial from Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue the President's son and likely successor...
There is no sign that Obiang or his favoured son heir apparent Teodorin are willing to take the tough decisions to diversify away from dependence on fossil fuel exports...
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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...
