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Equatorial Guinea’s Priority in the UN Security Council: Stability in West Africa

April 7, 2019February 4, 2019 by Stéphanie Fillion

A trip by the United Nations Security Council to the Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa to promote state sovereignty; a visit to the UN from one of Africa’s longest-serving head of state, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo; and discussions on arms and piracy: these are the big items on Equatorial Guinea’s menu this … Read more

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Did Equatorial Guinea Bribe Its Way to a UN Security Council Seat?

February 5, 2019May 23, 2017 by Kacie Candela

Amid the predominantly Francophone region in West Africa is tiny Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea, a country blessed — or cursed — with vast oil reserves. For most of its independent life, the country has been ruled by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has the distinction of being the longest-serving nonroyal head of state in the … Read more

Equatorial Guinea’s Priority in the UN Security Council: Stability in West Africa

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