Equatorial Guinea

Elections in Equatorial Guinea to extend rule of 30-year leader accused of gross corruption

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Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft JOHANNESBURG — Elections in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday will undoubtedly extend the 30-year rule of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a man accused of draining his nation's oil wealth to fabulously enrich family and cronies while his people suffer in slums. Western governments that have promised to fight corruption so far [..] Read the original article:...

• Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft - kansascity.com
• Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft - Seattle Times

Polls open in Equatorial Guinea election

IOL (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Polls opened in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea in a presidential election observers say is expected to be little more than a rubber stamp for long-term President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.

• Polls open in Equatorial Guinea election - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

Equatorial Guinea president eyes new term in poll

Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday

MALABO (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is set to secure a new seven-year mandate to rule the oil-producing central African nation on Sunday in a poll widely dismissed by critics as lacking credibility.

Backgrounder: Major presidential candidates in Equatorial Guinea elections

People Daily (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Equatorial Guinea will hold its presidential elections on Nov. 29, as President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has been in power for 30 years, will run for another term and opposition leader Placido Mico Abogo tries to challenge the long-time rule. An ethnic Fang, Obiang Nguema was born on June 5, 1942 in Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea. He attended the Military Academy in Saragoza, Spain during 1963 to 1965....

Backgrounder: Basic facts about Equatorial Guinea

People Daily (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Equatorial Guinea will hold its presidential elections on Nov. 29, which will pit the long-time President Teodoro Obiang Nguema against opposition leader Placido Mico Abogo. The following are basic facts about the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea lies in West Africa, bordering Cameroon in the north and Gabon in the east and south. With an area of 28,051 sq km and a population of about...

Equatorial Guinea leader is expected to win near 100 percent of vote

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

JOHANNESBURG | 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 criticized vote. The vote to reinstall Teodoro Obiang Nguema will be hard to judge, since journalists have been unable to get visas, and African...

• Eq. Guinea leader expected to win near 100 percent - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Eq. Guinea leader expected to win near 100 percent - Sify
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Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Elections in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday will undoubtedly extend the 30-year rule of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a man accused of draining his nation's oil wealth to fabulously enrich family and cronies while his people suffer in slums.

Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Elections in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday will undoubtedly extend the 30-year rule of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a man accused of draining his nation's oil wealth to fabulously enrich family and cronies while his people suffer in slums.

Eq. Guinea Vote to Reinstall Leader Denying Graft

ABC News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Elections in Equatorial Guinea to extend rule of 30-year leader accused of gross corruption Africa - Political corruption - Equatorial Guinea - Business and Economy - Society and Culture

Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Elections in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday will undoubtedly extend the 30-year rule of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a man accused of draining his nation's oil wealth to fabulously enrich family and cronies while his people suffer in slums.

E Guinea holds presidential vote

BBC News (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

One of Africa's largest oil producers, Equatorial Guinea, holds a presidential poll, with the incumbent likely to be re-elected.

Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft

Sify (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Elections in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday will undoubtedly extend the 30-year rule of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a man accused of draining his nation's oil wealth to fabulously enrich family and

• Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft - kansascity.com
• Eq. Guinea vote to reinstall leader denying graft - Seattle Times

Equatorial Guinean president eyes new term in poll

Reuters (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

MALABO (Reuters) - Voting began in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday in a poll expected to hand President Teodoro Obiang Nguema a new mandate to rule the oil-producing central African nation.

Lightning

A Blog Around The Clock (Free subscription) | yesterday

My friend (I was the Best Man at his wedding, back in the 80s) is in Equatorial Guinea and the other day he took this dramatic photograph of a lightning: Read the comments on this post...

'Elections here have become a game'

IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday

The impoverished and violent country of Equatorial Guinea is getting ready to hold a presidential election that its leader of 30 years says he will win again by a landslide, writes Michelle Paul.

• Eq. Guinea leader expected to win near 100 percent - Sify
• Eq. Guinea leader expected to win near 100 percent - kansascity.com
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