Militant supporters of veteran oppositionist Étienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba want to turn Independence Day on 30 June into Revolution Day. Their cause: outright opposition to the government's plan...

Martin Ziguélé's gracious acceptance of defeat on 25 May may help avert potential conflicts after the decisive 65 per cent victory of General François Bozizé in the second...

Reports that Severo Moto Nsa, self-styled leader of Equatorial Guinea's Madrid-based government-in-exile, has surfaced in Croatia, are unlikely to stop the feverish speculation about what he's been doing...

The political rows over the constitution and the consequent delays are threatening the electoral timetable and the transitional government's stability. In theory, elections are to be held in...

Equatorial Guinea has failed to obtain disclosure of documents it needs for its case against the alleged coup plotters of March 2004. British firm Penningtons, legal advisors to...

General François Bozizé's transformation from coup leader to bringer of democracy in the 13 March elections is a textbook guide for putschists. Since seizing power two years ago,...

Since last year's muddled coup attempt involving British citizens (including Sir Mark Thatcher), Britain's relations with Equatorial Guinea have been cool. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo seems to...

An International Monetary Fund mission to Kinshasa in mid-February led by Cyrille Briançon is to give the government a pass-mark and recommend that the final tranche of its...

When President Gnassingbé Eyadéma's son Faure Gnassingbé inherited Togo's presidency, Gabonese watched closely. Now President Omar Bongo Ondimba, 69, is Africa's longest-serving head of state. He came to...

Logistical obstacles and political arguments surround the transitional government's decision to postpone national elections, due in June and now put off by at least six months. Commercial interests...