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Equatorial Guinea
Vice President Teodorin Obiang's two-pronged assault on the Supreme Court and Trident Energy

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Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue in Davos, Switzerland, on 20 January 2026.
Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue in Davos, Switzerland, on 20 January 2026. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

By accusing two judges from the highest court of wrongfully receiving their salaries after joining the British oil company, the regime's second-in-command is seeking to undermine the court's presiding judge – a close associate of the head of state – whilst settling scores with London and Paris.

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