Spotlight | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
How Paul Biya forced SNH's hand to make up with Teodorin Obiang

Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Malabo in 2024.
Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Malabo in 2024. © Han Xu / Xinhua via AFP
On presidential instructions, a Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures delegation will visit Malabo to restart extraction of oil and gas from deposits on both sides of the border. This rapprochement between the two countries is being overseen by the benevolent eye of Washington. [...]
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