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Equatorial Guinea
Ill-gotten gains scandal sticks to Teodorin ahead of 2023 election

Published on 31.08.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

Vice President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue gestures while arriving at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, for the inauguration of Incumbent South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on May 25, 2019. © Michele Spatari/AFP

Tensions are running high between the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and European leaders over a corruption case involving ill-gotten gains. But the affair has also turned into useful ammunition for Malabo against Teodorin Obiang Nguema as next year's general election looms.

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