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Intelligence Online
April 11, 2018
Facing growing opposition at home, the regimes in Congo and Equatorial Guinea have accused French consultants from stirring up the unrest, a message ... Mokoko, who finished third in the 2016 election, is now languishing in a Brazzaville prison cell awaiting trial for threatening state security and illegallyÃâà...
OCCRP
March 31, 2018
An alleged Russian “front man” for Equatorial Guinea's kleptocratic ruling Obiang family counts two notable Ukrainian businessmen among his ... Yevdokimov, a former member of Ukraine's security services, was sentenced to six and half years in prison in 2005 for selling 12 Kh-55 cruise missiles — a typeÃâà...
NEWS.com.au
March 30, 2018
Many of the dictatorships are in Africa, where longtime strongmen rule countries such as Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Incredibly, Equatorial Guinea's leader Teodoro Obiang has been accused by political opponents of skinning his enemies alive — then devouringÃâà...
Big Think (blog)
March 30, 2018
In many of these countries, homosexuality can result in a jail sentence. In nine ... There are specific laws against same-sex acts, which can land you in jail. This is ... In Africa, we're talking about four small countries and one large one: Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Lesotho and Mozambique.
News24
March 30, 2018
Equatorial Guinea carried out a wave of arrests and torture after an attempted coup last December, activists say. Several members ... The court ordered the party dissolved and sentenced 21 members including the CI's sole MP, Jesus Mitogo, to more than 30 years in jail, according to the party. Obama OndoÃâà...
Citizen
March 30, 2018
Equatorial Guinea's ambassador to France, Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu, dismissed the allegations of torture in an interview in Paris with AFP. “Who was tortured?” he asked. “Torture is a word that's used when you want to tarnish someone's image. “The (activists) weren't arrested because they wereÃâà...
africanews
March 1, 2018
In Equatorial Guinea, the main opposition party, Citizens for Innovation (CI), was dissolved Monday and 21 of its members sentenced the same day to more than thirty years in prison. Speaking on state. ADVERTISING. inRead invented by Teads. Television, president of the court of Mongomo, Jose RafaelÃâà...
Africa Times
February 28, 2018
Equatorial Guinea has eliminated its main political opposition party, with the country's courts dissolving Citizens for Innovation (CI) and sentencing dozens of its members to lengthy prison terms after determining the CI is a threat to security in President Teodoro Obiang Nguema's small West African nation.
eNCA
February 27, 2018
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea - The main opposition party in Equatorial Guinea has been dissolved by a court that also jailed 21 of its activists for more ... court convicted 21 members of the group and ordered them to serve "26 years in prison for sedition, 10 years in prison for undermining authority (with) aÃâà...
The Local France
November 3, 2017
A 2013 photo of Teodorin Nguema Obiang (R), the son of Equatorial Guinea's president Teodoro Obiang. ... The son of Equatorial Guinea's leader, Teodorin Obiang, who was given a three-year suspended prison sentence in France for using public money to fund a jet-set lifestyle, will appeal the landmarkÃâà...
Quartz
October 27, 2017
Teodorin Obiang, the playboy son of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea's leader, and the country's current vice president, has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail in France. The sentence comes after a long investigation by French authorities into allegations that Obiang embezzledÃâà...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
Gloria Chochi is serving six years in prison in Spain for killing her abusive former partner. She is now ... Chochi, originally from Equatorial Guinea, met Richards, from Nigeria, in 2012. ... From prison, Chochi said she was hopeful that she would be given a pardon and, eventually, be reunited with her son.
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