Equatorial Guinea
Cypriot creditor sets sights on Malabo's Parisian real estate

Equatorial Guinea
Malabo appeals damages award to Marseille-Kliniken

On 16 January Equatorial Guinea lodged an appeal against a US court's 17 November ruling that it must pay $9.3m in damages to Marseille-Kliniken, a German firm that manages private clinics.

Equatorial Guinea
State creditor loses bid to seize proceeds of Parisian townhouse sale

Commercial Bank Guinea Ecuatorial had hoped to recover a 16-year-old debt upon the court-ordered sale of a building housing Equatorial Guinea's embassy in the French capital. But judges have other plans for the money.

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Alassane Ouattara, Laurent Gbagbo, Emmanuel Macron, Teodoro Obiang, William Ruto, Dadju

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Equatorial Guinea
President Obiang's strategic game of ambassadorial musical chairs

Equatorial Guinea is redeploying its ambassadors in several key capitals. The aim is to ease strained relations with certain countries, such as France and the United States, while further cementing ties with Egypt, Turkey and China.

Equatorial Guinea, France
Paris attempts to break deadlock in Malabo over luxury mansion

France's top Africa diplomat Christophe Bigot has just returned from a short trip to Malabo, where he met Teodoro Obiang Nguema in the hope of resolving the ongoing dispute over a Paris building currently occupied by the embassy of Equatorial Guinea which has been seized by the French state.