Vol 66 No 1 | EQUATORIAL GUINEARUSSIA Moscow helps Obiang’s dynastic succession plan 3rd January 2025 Security concerns in Central Africa have brought Presidents Obiang and Putin into a closer embrace Restive militaries, recurring financial crises and transitions under two ageing authoritarian leaders are pressuring governments in Central Africa. These developments both pose threats and offer opportunities to Russia....
Vol 59 No 2 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA Obiang foils coup 25th January 2018 The details of an attempted coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo over the Christmas period remain unclear amid contradictory reports from government and other sources. On 24...
Vol 57 No 11 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA Filling Obiang's boots 27th May 2016 This month's poll, though no surprise, was meant to concentrate minds on who would follow in the strongman's footsteps The veteran President, long the strongman of local politics even before he seized power in a 1979 coup, was sworn in for a new seven-year term on 20...
Vol 56 No 4 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA Obiang’s own goal fest 19th February 2015 Hosting the Africa Cup of Nations won some prestige for the regime but could not paper over the cracks From the glass-fronted VIP section of the main stand, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo had a perfect view as crowd violence in the Nuevo Estadio de Malabo spiralled...
Vol 56 No 3 | EQUATORIAL GUINEAFOOTBALL Obiang's goals 6th February 2015 Hosting the Africa Cup of Nations has enabled President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to improve his country's image and raise his regional profile. At the opening ceremony of...
Vol 55 No 18 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA Disagreements over dialogue 12th September 2014 President Obiang says he wants to open up politics to the opposition but most parties are setting conditions for taking part President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo announced on 29 August his plans to hold a dialogue with members of the opposition but they are highly sceptical that it will...
Vol 54 No 16 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA See, they were out to get me 1st August 2013 President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo’s argument that the Spanish government under Prime Minister José María Aznar may have supported the 2004 ‘wonga coup’ gained new credence in July.
Vol 54 No 14 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA L’etat, c’est nous 5th July 2013 The President and his family do well out of – and squabble over – the tiny country’s massive oil riches The elections on 26 May showed just how far President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo will go to stifle democratic opposition. The leading opposition party, the Convergencia para la...
Vol 54 No 14 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA As the oil goes, the gas arrives 5th July 2013 At international conferences on Equatorial Guinea, oilmen often praise its Mines Minister, Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima. However, his recent spate of contract-signing could be undone in the succession...
Vol 54 No 2 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA Secret shipment 18th January 2013 As President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo’s government rails against foreign influences seeking to destabilise Equatorial Guinea, it is none too pleased with the latest decisions by prosecutors in...