Equatorial Guinea

The deposed former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh found refuge in Equatorial Guinea in 2017. Could he return to Gambia to face trial? Photo: Teodoro Obiang, President of Equatorial Guinea.

Opinion

Equatorial Guinea and Jammeh’s equation

27 February 2025 by Lucas Olo Fernandes

The prospect of trying former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh has grown bigger with the plan of a tribunal supported by the regional political organization ECOWAS. But there’s a snag: how to get him out of his protected exile in Equ [...]

AFP

E.Guinea opposition demand govt resign over political prisoners

18 July 2018 by AFP

An opposition leader in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday called for the government to resign over its failure to release political prisoners, a promise made by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. "This government is unable to implement a [...]

What prospects for an African Court under the Malabo Protocol?

31 May 2018 by Eden Matiyas

The future of the Malabo Protocol to create an African Court of Justice and Human Rights remains uncertain. Despite hopes that it could add a regional accountability layer and strengthen “African solutions for African problems”, i [...]

Opinion

How Equatorial Guinea Turned Corruption into an Art Form

19 June 2017 by Human Rights Watch

For the past two decades, Equatorial Guinea has been one of Africa’s largest oil producers and on paper, it is a middle-income economy. Yet instead of spending the country’s oil riches on improving life for ordinary Equatorial Gui [...]

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