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President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President, Equatorial Guinea
Known as " El Jefe " (The Boss), Obiang is "in permanent contact with the Almighty", according to a state radio report broadcast last year. "He can decide to kill without anyone calling him to account and without going to hell because it is God himself with whom he is in permanent contact, and who gives him his strength," a presidential aide told listeners. (4/25/04--suntimes.co.za)
[He] has ruled Equatorial Guinea since 1979 when he overthrew his uncle and had him executed.
His government has been described by several human rights groups as among the worst abusers of human rights in Africa.
The tiny west African country has grown to become the continent's third largest exporter of oil, but despite the new- found wealth most of its 500,000 inhabitants still live in abject poverty.
Nguema came to power 25 years ago by killing his own father. This happened after he became known as the country's "torturer-in-chief." Equatorial Guinea is a very small African country, but has a lot of oil. Its per capita income puts it near Greece and Portugal in terms of wealth, yet most people live on a dollar a day. Nguema's government, Human Rights Watch says, is stealing most of the money.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President, Equatorial Guinea
Known as " El Jefe " (The Boss), Obiang is "in permanent contact with the Almighty", according to a state radio report broadcast last year. "He can decide to kill without anyone calling him to account and without going to hell because it is God himself with whom he is in permanent contact, and who gives him his strength," a presidential aide told listeners. (4/25/04--suntimes.co.za)
[He] has ruled Equatorial Guinea since 1979 when he overthrew his uncle and had him executed.
His government has been described by several human rights groups as among the worst abusers of human rights in Africa.
The tiny west African country has grown to become the continent's third largest exporter of oil, but despite the new- found wealth most of its 500,000 inhabitants still live in abject poverty.
Nguema came to power 25 years ago by killing his own father. This happened after he became known as the country's "torturer-in-chief." Equatorial Guinea is a very small African country, but has a lot of oil. Its per capita income puts it near Greece and Portugal in terms of wealth, yet most people live on a dollar a day. Nguema's government, Human Rights Watch says, is stealing most of the money.
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The Eagle Online
April 12, 2018
Yet, if Zuma and Mugabe are past, a good number of such rulers are still present tense: from Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea to Paul Biya of Cameroun, and from Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo to Yoweri Museveni of Uganda – leaders who give old age a bad name andÃâà...
Intelligence Online
April 11, 2018
The regime in Equatorial Guinea, represented by its ambassador to France Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu, claimed in the weekly magazine in March that Ravion and his close friend Alain Juillet, the former head of intelligence at the DGSE, orchestrated an attempt to overthrow President Teodoro ObiangÃâà...
Salt Lake Tribune
April 10, 2018
He may be rich, but he's not Teodoro-Obiang-of-Equatorial-Guinea-level rich, you know? The promise of $10 million or $100 million (we have to offer him more than the Africans, of course) just might induce Trump to change course for the better. If cash prizes are supposedly good enough to improveÃâà...
Devdiscourse
April 9, 2018
This is the first ever visit of a Head of State from India to Equatorial Guinea. The President was received at the Malabo airport by Mr Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the President of Equatorial Guinea, along with his cabinet colleagues and other dignitaries.
Devdiscourse
April 9, 2018
At the invitation of His Excellency, Mr Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, H.E. Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of the Republic of India paid a State visit to Equatorial Guinea from April 7-9, 2018. This was the first ever visit of a Head of State from India toÃâà...
Africa Times
April 9, 2018
President of India Ram Nath Kovind heads to Swaziland on Monday, following a weekend visit with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema in Equatorial Guinea. The two met at the Presidential Palace in Malabo to discuss economic development and investment, as well as security. Kovind said India is eagerÃâà...
The Sun Daily
March 30, 2018
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who seized power in the oil-rich former Spanish colony in 1979, rejected the claim that a detainee was tortured to ... with oil but mired in poverty and a reputation for corruption, Equatorial Guinea has been ruled with an iron fist by Teodoro Obiang Nguema since 1979.
OCCRP
March 30, 2018
The Russian, Vladimir Kokorev, now 63, was arrested in Panama in 2015 along with his wife and son on allegations that they had played a key role in facilitating the looting of the tiny West African country by the family of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the world's longest-serving president. They wereÃâà...
NEWS.com.au
March 30, 2018
Incredibly, Equatorial Guinea's leader Teodoro Obiang has been accused by political opponents of skinning his enemies alive — then devouring their testicles. Others, such as Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping, rule over some of the most powerful countries on the planet. The report said: “TheÃâà...
Uganda Media Centre
March 29, 2018
During the ceremony that took place this afternoon at State House Entebbe, expressed happiness to note that his Equatorial Guinea counterpart, Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is implementing the agreement of opening up embassies across different countries and informed the new envoy thatÃâà...
The Sun
March 29, 2018
Incredibly, Equatorial Guinea's leader Teodoro Obiang has been accused by political opponents of skinning his enemies alive - then devouring their TESTICLES. China and Equatorial Guinea also have dire human rights records. 10. China and Equatorial Guinea also have dire human rights records.
AllAfrica.com
March 22, 2018
Allegations against other African leaders, such as Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, are usually measured in the tens of millions of euros. It is encouraging for Mauritius that irregular spending at even this relatively low level is cause for such grave concern. Another thing Mauritius hasÃâà...
Daily Maverick
March 22, 2018
Allegations against other African leaders, such as Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, are usually measured in the tens of millions of euros. It is encouraging for Mauritius that irregular spending at even this relatively low level is cause for such grave concern. Another thing Mauritius hasÃâà...
WUNC
March 20, 2018
The country is one of the largest oil producers in sub-Saharan Africa, yet many of its citizens live in extreme poverty. The oil profits stay within the government, and long-serving President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo uses intimidation tactics like imprisonment or even execution to silence his critics.
News18
March 18, 2018
Currently, the world's longest-serving president is Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema, with 38 years under his belt since he toppled his uncle in 1979. Others that are still counting their years in power: Cameroon's President Paul Biya: 35 years. Congo President Denis Sassou: 34 years, excludingÃâà...
Daily News & Analysis
March 10, 2018
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shaking hands with President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting world leaders in the Indian capital New Delhi on March 11 for the inauguralÃâà...
defenceWeb
March 10, 2018
People protesting against the government in Brazzaville. Over two days in January, two significant events connected to the security establishment occurred in the Republic of the Congo. First, general-turned-media mogul Norbert Dabira was arrested. Then the head of the Republican Guard, GeneralÃâà...
Daily Maverick
March 10, 2018
These events followed the demise of Africa's oldest-serving president – Robert Mugabe – by a “smart coup” in Zimbabwe, and a foiled Christmas Eve coup plot against Equatorial Guinea's long-serving president Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Dabira is in good company in Brazzaville's central prison. He joinsÃâà...
NDTV
March 9, 2018
... Republic of Nauru; Issoufou Mahamadou, President of the Republic of Niger; Daniel Kablan Duncan, Vice President of the Republic of Cote d' Ivoire; Albert Pahimi Padacke, Prime Minister of the Republic of Chad; and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
PRI
March 6, 2018
The president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang, took power in a coup in 1979. He's now the longest-serving leader in Africa. Ebale, officially charged with money laundering and counterfeiting, has been held in Equatorial Guinea's infamous Black Beach prison since last September. After his arrestÃâà...
Daily Nation
March 4, 2018
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni delivers a speech during the ceremony marking the laying of the foundation stone for the starting point of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Kabaale. Museveni had already scrapped the two-term limit in 2005. PHOTO | GAEL GRILHOT | AFPÃâà...
Daily Nation
March 4, 2018
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni delivers a speech during the ceremony marking the laying of the foundation stone for the starting point of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Kabaale. Museveni had already scrapped the two-term limit in 2005. PHOTO | GAEL GRILHOT | AFPÃâà...
charlestonchronicle.net
March 1, 2018
Equatorial Guinea, under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is reviving the odious death penalty against 147 opposition activists accused of “rebellion, attacks on authority and public disorder” – a sign of deepening desperation under President Obiang. The activists include leaders of CitizensÃâà...
africanews
February 28, 2018
One of Ebale's work portrays President Obiang as an ordinary citizen, highlighting the lack of access to electricity, healthcare, education and the restriction of freedom of expression in Equatorial Guinea. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has ruled the oil-rich central African nation since 1979. Despite theÃâà...
africanews
February 27, 2018
International rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International have previously called on President Teodoro Obiang Nguema to release the journalist and to repeal the defamation statute which allows the criminal prosecution of the government's critics. “Prosecuting a cartoonist forÃâà...
Daily Nation
February 24, 2018
Obiang, 48 and the son of long-serving President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has in recent years more or less become the face of profligacy, corruption and impunity in Africa. New Liberian President Geoge Weah was pledging to fight corruption after decrying the sorry conditions in his “brokeÃâà...
IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters
February 20, 2018
NEW YORK (IDN) – The Central African Equatorial Guinea, under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is reviving the odious death penalty against 147 opposition activists accused of "rebellion, attacks on authority and public disorder". The activists include leaders of Citizens for Innovation (CI),Ãâà...
The Herald
February 20, 2018
After the meeting, Mr Obiang told journalists that Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, had extended an invitation to President Mnangagwa to visit that country. “We also came here to congratulate the President and the people of Zimbabwe for the way they handled the transitionÃâà...
The Guardian
February 19, 2018
The dispute erupted six years ago after France, under pressure from anti-corruption campaigners, began to move against Obiang, whose father, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has run Equatorial Guinea since 1979. The landmark case – spearheaded by two anti-corruption NGOs, Sherpa andÃâà...
africanews
February 16, 2018
AFP reports that the trial of the activists started early last week in the high court of Mongomo, the stronghold of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. The prosecutor's death penalty request was tabled on Wednesday (February 14th). The activists were being tried for: “sedition, attack on authorityÃâà...
News24
February 6, 2018
Malabo - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has reappointed his prime minister after dissolving the government last week. "Making use of the powers granted to me by law, I appoint Francisco Pascual Obama Asue as Prime Minister in charge of administrative coordination," said aÃâà...
TODAY.NG
February 4, 2018
Equatorial Guinea's president Teodoro Obiang Nguema has dissolved his government, including the powers of the prime minister and his three deputies, according to a decree read out on state television on Saturday. The country went to the polls for legislative, senatorial and municipal elections ofÃâà...
Business Standard
December 31, 1999
President Ram Nath Kovind was conferred with the Condecoracion, the highest honour accorded to a non-citizen by the government of Equatorial Guinea here on Sunday. President Kovind was bestowed with the medal of the Gran Colar de la Independencia by his counterpart Teodoro Obiang NguemaÃâà...
RollingStone.com
December 31, 1999
We've supported a couple of generations of Nguemas in Equatorial Guinea, both of whom – uncle Macias and nephew Teodoro Obiang – reportedly ate their political enemies. This is in addition to the countless Batistas and Suhartos and Diems and Marcoses and Pinochets who were just murderingÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
December 31, 1999
Other leaders who have been in power for more than a quarter of a century include Tajikistan's Emomali Rakhmon, Cameroon's Paul Biy and Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Here is the list of the world rulers who have held power the longest - excluding monarchs enthroned for life.
AllAfrica.com
December 31, 1999
Cape Town — Equatorial Guinea has taken the French government to the International Court of Justice, accusing it of violating the diplomatic immunity of Vice President Teodorin Obiang, son of Teodoro Obiang - long-time leader of the oil-rich central African country. Teodorin was found guilty by a FrenchÃâà...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1st R) meets with the Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Chang Wanquan (1st L), who arrived here Sunday for a two-day visit, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Feb. 25, 2018. (Xinhua/Qiao Benxiao). MALABO, Feb. 27 (Xinhua)Ãâà...
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