July 05, 2017 8:42 AM Reuters PARIS — A French public prosecutor on Wednesday asked a court to sentence the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president to three years in jail on charges of using money…
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POSTED BY: DONATO NDONGO President Obiang has not become magnanimous, tough: he is obliged to present his friendly face, overwhelmed by serious problems that for the first time threaten the absolute power he has held…
Teodorin Obiang, accused of plundering $115m, owns luxury properties, yachts, cars – and Michael Jackson’s crystal glove Obiang, the 47-year-old vice-president of the oil-rich but impoverished African country, faces an array of legal cases across…
Global Witness has learned that Teodorin Obiang, the notorious son of Equatorial Guinea’s long-ruling dictator, commissioned plans to build a superyacht worth $380 million – almost three times more than his energy-rich country spends annually…
Teodoro Obiang Nguema (right) and his wife Constancia Mangue, pictured in South Africa in 2009.JEROME DELAY AFP In the summer of 2009, in a five-star hotel in Madrid, Ruslan Obiang Nsue, a son of…
Russians held in Panama alleged to have laundered millions for Equatorial Guinea leader The pair had unsuccessfully tried to take EL PAÍS to court to halt its investigations Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang at the…
Madrid 16 MAR 2017 – 08:54 CET An alleged front man for the President of Equatorial Guinea, a Russian named Vladimir Kokorev, paid a Madrid communications agency €140,000 to whitewash his own family’s reputation and to…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” The oil-rich African nation of Equatorial Guinea won overwhelming support from the U.N. General Assembly for a coveted two-year seat on the Security Council Friday despite opposition from human rights groups…
Equatorial Guinea leader’s son is accused of amassing real estate and pieces from Europe’s biggest-ever art auction by using ill-gotten gains. Published: 12:37 June 22, 2017Bloomberg Malabo (Bloomberg) — The son of Equatorial Guinea’s…
Since the 1990s, Equatorial Guinea has become one of the largest oil producing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is now the richest country per capita in Africa. It ranks 43rd in the world for…