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Equatorial Guinea
Malabo comes back to fight it out for 42 Avenue Foch

Malabo has performed a U-turn over the private mansion at Paris's 42 Avenue Foch, with it now under threat of a judicial seizure. It's preparing a new legal challenge to be headed by Kevin Grossmann. [...]

Published on 01/11/2021 at 05:00 GMT

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

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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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.

Equatorial Guinea
Malabo's lawyers study next step in ill-gotten gains affair

Lawyers acting on behalf of the Equatorial Guinean state are trying to find ways of countering French court rulings concerning the seizure of a private mansion in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

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The private mansion at 42 avenue Foch, in Paris.

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Teodorin Obiang summoned to Paris court on 20 April for embezzlement case

Equatorial Guinea vice-president Teodorin Obiang Nguema has been summoned to appear in court in Paris on 20 April in the latest episode of the long-running so-called "ill-gotten gains" affair.

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Congo challenges Mohsen Hojeij's billion-euro arbitration for 'corruption'

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Equatorial Guinea, France
Paris, Malabo hold secret talks over Paris mansion in wake of VP's ill-gotten gains conviction

The building on the posh Avenue Foch has been earmarked for confiscation since France's top court upheld Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue's conviction on embezzlement and money laundering charges in July. The saga is straining already tense relations with Equatorial Guinea.

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The building at 42 avenue Foch, in Paris, is under a seizure order opposed by Equatorial Guinea.

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Obiang's diplomatic relations with Europe at all-time low

The Equatorial Guinean president has yet to respond to a request for accreditation from the EU's new ambassador to Malabo as European states close their embassies in the country one after the other. Only France and Spain have resisted the pressure and kept their representation there.

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Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.

Congo
Thierry Lauriol and Kevin Grossmann will defend Congo against Sundance and Equatorial

The Congolese state has chosen French lawyers Thierry Lauriol of law firm Jeantet and Kevin Grossmann to represent it in its dispute with the two mining companies, which are seeking compensation after having been deprived of their iron ore mining permits.

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The sensational rise and spectacular fall of Pefaco casino and hotels

Nigeria
Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Equatorial Guinea
Malabo comes back to fight it out for 42 Avenue Foch

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

Equatorial Guinea
Malabo's lawyers study next step in ill-gotten gains affair

Equatorial Guinea, France
Teodorin Obiang summoned to Paris court on 20 April for embezzlement case

Congo
Congo challenges Mohsen Hojeij's billion-euro arbitration for 'corruption'

Equatorial Guinea, France
Paris, Malabo hold secret talks over Paris mansion in wake of VP's ill-gotten gains conviction

Equatorial Guinea
Obiang's diplomatic relations with Europe at all-time low

Congo
Thierry Lauriol and Kevin Grossmann will defend Congo against Sundance and Equatorial