Obiang has ruled the oil and gas-rich West African nation since its independence in 1979 [EPA] Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the president of Equatorial Guinea, has told Al Jazeera that no alternative to his 30-year rule has...
Equatorial Guinea - a violent land of coups, petrodollar wealth and killer poverty - is holding a presidential election Sunday that its leader of 30 years says he will win by more than the 97 percent garnered in the last widely...
To play this content JavaScript must be turned on and the latest Flash player installed. Latest Flash player available here Play in either Real OR Windows Media players After 30 years in power, the president of Equatorial...
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Nov 22 2009 19:35 A gun was placed to his head and he was threatened with death by an adviser to Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, mercenary Nick du Toit has told Rapport. In a...
Julian Rademeyer Johannesburg - Niek du Toit's wrists still bear the scars of the handcuffs that were so tightly fastened they cut to the bone. First six weeks “The first six weeks were the worst,â€_ Du Toit said in an...
Published Date: 22 November 2009 AMERICA stands accused of turning a blind eye to corrupt foreign officials receiving United States' visas. Critics point to the case of Teodoro Nguema Obiang, 38, the forest and agriculture...
Several times a year, Teodoro Nguema Obiang arrives at the doorstep of the United States from his home in Equatorial Guinea, on his way to his $35 million estate in Malibu, California, his fleet of luxury cars, his speedboats...
By Peter Fabricius Foreign Editor Several South Africans, led by a former SA Police Service officer, are working for a Dubai-based security company in Guinea, providing protection and training to the military junta which seized...
In 2004, George W. Bush issued Presidential Proclamation 7750, which barred corrupt foreign officials from entering the United States and ordered the State Department to compile a list of banned individuals. Three years later...
By ADAM NOSSITER, The New York Times DAKAR, Senegal -- It is not a good time to be French in Francophone Africa, except if you are a high official from Paris privately visiting a strongman's palace. Nicolas Sarkozy, now...