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EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Obiang's silence on re-election plans leaves son Teodorin in the lurch

Equatorial Guinea's vice-president is not well pleased. His father, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, failed to endorse him as his successor at a ruling party meeting last month. The 2023 presidential election looks set to be turbulent. [...] (337 words)

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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. [...]

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.

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

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The private mansion at 42 avenue Foch, in Paris.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Business 28/10/2021

President's son selling private jet, leather interior, offers welcome

The Equatorial Guinean president's son and vice president Teodoro Obiang Nguema has quietly put up for sale the signature Gulfstream G-V that has he used for nearly 20 years. [...]

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA Politics 12/10/2021

Armengol Ondo Nguema, Teodoro Obiang's life insurance for 2023 election

The ruling party is expected to name President Teodoro Obiang Nguema as its candidate for the 2023 elections, meaning his eldest son Teodorin will have to keep his own presidential ambitions in check a little longer. [...]

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 06/09/2021

Teodorin Obiang lambasts half-brother Gabriel amid oil crisis

In an attempt to weaken his half-brother's position as a potential successor to their father President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, vice president Teodorin Obiang Nguema has had harsh words for the oil minister, whom he holds responsible for the sector's lack of results. [...]

The Minister of Petroleum of Equatorial Guinea Gabriel Obiang Lima.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Diplomacy 21/07/2021

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. [...]

Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Diplomacy 25/05/2021

Teodorin's failed bid for photo op with Macron Free

Equatorial Guinea's bigwigs hoped until the very last minute that the summit on African economies in France would be an opportunity for the country's probable future leader to shine on the world stage. [...]

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA Politics 23/07/2020

First lady accelerates made-to-measure succession for Teodorin

As the strength of family patriarch Teodoro Obiang Nguema wanes, his wife Constancia is setting up the political mechanisms which will enable their son Teodorin to take his place as president. [...]

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First lady picks out pals to govern oil sector

The oil minister and son of the president is having to put up with members of his mother-in-law's clan as she works to promote her own son, Teodoro. [...]

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