Teodoro Obiang
latest news & developmentsDeadly explosions blast open Equatorial Guinea’s dysfunctional governance
The blasts were a result of poorly stored explosives at a military base in the city, President Teodoro Obiang said in a statement on Sunday night
Why do presidents cling to power?
Four former heads of state speak about what being president is actually like
Despite mounting abuse claims, here’s why Jammeh is unlikely to face justice soon
At least in the short term, it looks unlikely that Jammeh will face either his victims or consequences for human rights abuses
Editorial: Revolutions don’t happen overnight
Omar al-Bashir may be gone, but the revolution has only just begun.
Equatorial Guinea: Attempted coup hatched ‘on French soil’
The government says that foreign mercenaries mounted an attempted putsch on December 24 but it was thwarted.
Equatorial Guinea: The president’s playboys
The standards of another presidential debauchery may just have been topped
Dos Santos’s retirement fund – his kids
Together, his children Isabel (44) and José Filomeno (39) in effect control Angola’s purse strings
SA can save Equatorial Guinea
Jacob Zuma’s cosy relationship with Obiang can be leveraged to bring about democratic change.
Dictator’s son had plans drawn up for $380m superyacht
Teodorin Obiang ordered design of yacht worth three times Equatorial Guinea’s health and education bill, says watchdog.
Equatorial Guinea votes amid opposition complaints
The West African state of Equatorial Guinea voted on Sunday in elections expected to be won yet again by the veteran hardline president amid opposition charges of voting…
Simon Mann ‘held illegally’ in Equatorial Guinea
A Briton accused of masterminding a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea is being held illegally and has been denied access to his lawyer since he was charged in February, a defence…
Mann fingers Thatcher in E Guinea plot
A British mercenary awaiting trial in Equatorial Guinea for leading a failed 2004 coup has said the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was involved in the…
Thatcher shrugs off E Guinea’s bid to arrest him
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s son shrugged off Equatorial Guinea’s attempts to have him arrested for his alleged role in a plot to overthrow the country,…
Simon Mann to go on trial in Equatorial Guinea
Former British special forces officer Simon Mann will go on trial in Equatorial Guinea, charged with plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the government…
Zim court rules Simon Mann can be extradited
Zimbabwe’s High Court ruled on Wednesday that a former British special forces officer could be extradited to Equatorial Guinea to face coup-plot charges, rejecting arguments that…