Equatorial Guinea

FILE PHOTO: Gabonese military appear on television as they announce that they have seized power following President Ali Bongo Ondimba’s re-election, in this screengrab obtained by Reuters.

Watching, waiting

Premium badgeHow will Bongo’s fall affect Biya, Obiang and Sassou?

While most of Gabon’s neighbouring leaders have not officially commented on the coup d’état, they are keeping a close eye on developments.

© Kenya President William Ruto (C), seen here as deputy president with counsel Karim Khan at the International Criminal Court in The Hague in 2013 is looking to avoid Kenyan politicians returning here. (Reuters/Michael Kooren)

self-serving justice

Outrage as Ruto signs Malabo protocol to set up African Court The Malabo protocol grants immunity to officials while in office. Ruto’s move comes as Azimio collects evidence of police brutality for the ICC.

Ranking Breakdown

Premium badgeTop 500 Companies: A year of rebound as cumulative turnover hits $665bn A fanfare of recovery is how our ranking of the top 500 African companies might be best described, with profits amount to $80,84bn in total. For this ...
© File photo of a Ferrari Enzo owned by Equatorial Guinea VP Teodoro Obiang, seized during another court case in Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Kleptocracy King

Equatorial Guinea: VP Teodorin’s assets seized, again A South African high court ordered the seizure of two homes and a massive yacht from Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodorin Obiang after South Afri...

Equatorial Guinea top stories

FILE PHOTO: Gabonese military appear on television as they announce that they have seized power following President Ali Bongo Ondimba’s re-election, in this screengrab obtained by Reuters.

Watching, waiting

Premium badgeHow will Bongo’s fall affect Biya, Obiang and Sassou? While most of Gabon’s neighbouring leaders have not officially commented on the coup d’état, they are keeping a close eye on developments.

Ranking Breakdown

Premium badgeTop 500 Companies: A year of rebound as cumulative turnover hits $665bn A fanfare of recovery is how our ranking of the top 500 African companies might be best described, with profits amount to $80,84bn in total. For this ...
© Members of the Uganda National Students Association hold up signs reading “European Union Leave Our Oil” as they participate in a rally on September 29, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Luke Dray / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / Getty Images via AFP)

fossil fuel

Premium badgeAfrica oil discoveries ‘too tempting to be shunned over renewables’ Despite the global push towards renewable energy, Africa’s oil discoveries will not be sacrificed, says a senior oil expert.

Equatorial Guinea top stories

FILE PHOTO: Gabonese military appear on television as they announce that they have seized power following President Ali Bongo Ondimba’s re-election, in this screengrab obtained by Reuters.

Watching, waiting

Premium badgeHow will Bongo’s fall affect Biya, Obiang and Sassou? While most of Gabon’s neighbouring leaders have not officially commented on the coup d’état, they are keeping a close eye on developments.

Ranking Breakdown

Premium badgeTop 500 Companies: A year of rebound as cumulative turnover hits $665bn A fanfare of recovery is how our ranking of the top 500 African companies might be best described, with profits amount to $80,84bn in total. For this ...
© Members of the Uganda National Students Association hold up signs reading “European Union Leave Our Oil” as they participate in a rally on September 29, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Luke Dray / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / Getty Images via AFP)

fossil fuel

Premium badgeAfrica oil discoveries ‘too tempting to be shunned over renewables’ Despite the global push towards renewable energy, Africa’s oil discoveries will not be sacrificed, says a senior oil expert.

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President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at the PDGE congress in Bata, 22 November 2021. ©Steve Jordan/AFP

one more time

Equatorial Guinea president wins re-election, claims VP on Twitter Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has won re-election with 95% of the Nov. 20 vote and his party took all the senate and parliament ...
© Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo attends the plenary session of the Paris Peace Forum, France November 12, 2019. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

record breaking

Equatorial Guinea’s Obiang wants sixth term after 43 years in power Equatorial Guinea’s iron-fisted president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is eyeing a sixth term in office in elections on Sunday, extending a world-r...
Glencore’s headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, in 2020. © Fabrice COFFRINI/AFP

drop in the ocean

Glencore ordered to pay £280m over African bribes International commodity trading and mining company Glencore Energy has been ordered to pay £280m ($313m) in fines and confiscations orders today, afte...
© Members of the Uganda National Students Association hold up signs reading “European Union Leave Our Oil” as they participate in a rally on September 29, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Luke Dray / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / Getty Images via AFP)

fossil fuel

Premium badgeAfrica oil discoveries ‘too tempting to be shunned over renewables’ Despite the global push towards renewable energy, Africa’s oil discoveries will not be sacrificed, says a senior oil expert.
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at the PDGE congress in Bata, 22 November 2021. ©Steve Jordan/AFP

no suspense

Premium badgeEquatorial Guinea: The Obiang family’s secret agreement over the presidential election Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has formalised his candidacy for a new term in the 20 November elections. The result of a secret agr...
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Good graces

Premium badgeFrance-Russia: Ouattara, Goïta, Sassou Nguesso…The targets and allies of Paris and Moscow On the continent, each state seems to be ranked according to its position on the conflict in Ukraine as well as its proximity to the former colonial p...