Equatorial Guinea
First Lady influences Teodoro Obiang Nguema's Moscow trip

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCThe discreet return of Tshisekedi's former private adviser

Equatorial GuineaObiang visits son in Cairo hospital

GabonEx-Bozizé minister writes to Oligui Nguema

Guinea
Russian giant Rosgeo eyes Guinean natural resources

A handful of executives from Russian state-owned company Rosgeo accompanied Sergey Lavrov to Conakry on 3 June to discuss geological exploration and mining. But the company's track record on the African continent warrants caution.

Palace Intrigues
Joseph Kabila, Félix Tshisekedi, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Patrice Talon

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRC Kabila closely watched by Tshisekedi's men

Equatorial Guinea President Obiang's aide absent from Asian tour

Benin Talon faces off with head of protocol

Morocco French ministers pull out of Paris Peace Forum in Benguerir

Equatorial Guinea
Malabo appeals damages award to Marseille-Kliniken

On 16 January Equatorial Guinea lodged an appeal against a US court's 17 November ruling that it must pay $9.3m in damages to Marseille-Kliniken, a German firm that manages private clinics.

Equatorial Guinea, Kenya
Lukashenko selects intriguing team for his African tour

On his visit to Equatorial Guinea and then Kenya, the Belarusian leader was accompanied by certain figures without an obvious connection to the stated goal of his trip, namely agriculture and healthcare.

Equatorial Guinea
State creditor loses bid to seize proceeds of Parisian townhouse sale

Commercial Bank Guinea Ecuatorial had hoped to recover a 16-year-old debt upon the court-ordered sale of a building housing Equatorial Guinea's embassy in the French capital. But judges have other plans for the money.

Equatorial Guinea
Golar LNG lobbies VP Teodorin over Fortuna FLNG

Golar LNG hasn't given up on Equatorial Guinea and has its sight set on the offshore Fortuna gas field. The firm has called on a powerful lobbyist to get closer to Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue.

Equatorial Guinea
Finance ministry accuses Ruslan Obiang of corruption in Ceiba affair

Ruslan Obiang, one of the president's sons, has been referred to the attorney general in connection with the sale of an aircraft belonging to the national airline, Ceiba. The shadow of his half-brother Teodorin Obiang looms large over the affair.

Spotlight | Africa
Ukraine war leaves Russia's Gazprom, Rosneft, Lukoil in limbo in Africa

The conflict in Ukraine will completely block Russian oil companies' access to European, American and Asian lenders. Finding alternative funding, in particular from China, will be difficult.

Spotlight | Africa, Russia, South Africa
Geo services giant RosGeo falls short of Putin's expectations in power struggle with China and US

State-owned Russian geological services group RosGeo has been trying for several years to develop its interests in Africa to counter the success of its Chinese and American rivals. So far, however, the group has failed to turn its vague African cooperation agreements into concrete projects.