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Equatorial Guinea, France
Teodorin Obiang summoned to Paris court on 20 April for embezzlement case

Equatorial Guinea vice-president Teodorin Obiang Nguema has been summoned to appear in court in Paris on 20 April in the latest episode of the long-running so-called "ill-gotten gains" affair. [...]

Published on 08/04/2022 at 06:00 GMT

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'Ill-Gotten Gains': Malabo throws in the towel

The Equatorial Guinean vice-minister of justice has just parted ways with lawyer Kevin Grossmann, who since 2021 has been Malabo's lawyer in the matter of the building at 42 Avenue Foch in Paris, seized from the VP Teodorin Obiang Nguema in the "Ill-Gotten Gains" case.

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Equatorial Guinea is preparing to appoint a new ambassador to France. Relations between the two countries have been especially strained since a French court condemned the vice president Teodorin Obiang Nguema in the so-called "ill-gotten gains" case.

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Ill-gotten gains scandal sticks to Teodorin ahead of 2023 election

Tensions are running high between the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and European leaders over a corruption case involving ill-gotten gains. But the affair has also turned into useful ammunition for Malabo against Teodorin Obiang Nguema as next year's general election looms.

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Vice President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue gestures while arriving at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, for the inauguration of Incumbent South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on May 25, 2019.

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Malabo comes back to fight it out for 42 Avenue Foch

Malabo has performed a U-turn over the private mansion at Paris's 42 Avenue Foch, with it now under threat of a judicial seizure. It's preparing a new legal challenge to be headed by Kevin Grossmann.

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Paris, Malabo hold secret talks over Paris mansion in wake of VP's ill-gotten gains conviction

The building on the posh Avenue Foch has been earmarked for confiscation since France's top court upheld Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue's conviction on embezzlement and money laundering charges in July. The saga is straining already tense relations with Equatorial Guinea.

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The building at 42 avenue Foch, in Paris, is under a seizure order opposed by Equatorial Guinea.

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Obiang's diplomatic relations with Europe at all-time low

The Equatorial Guinean president has yet to respond to a request for accreditation from the EU's new ambassador to Malabo as European states close their embassies in the country one after the other. Only France and Spain have resisted the pressure and kept their representation there.

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Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.

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Total fires up Gabriel/Teodorin Obiang rivalry

Negotiations with the French major have stoked the flames of the Obiang vs. Obiang conflict.

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Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Equatorial Guinea, France
Teodorin Obiang summoned to Paris court on 20 April for embezzlement case

Equatorial Guinea
'Ill-Gotten Gains': Malabo throws in the towel

Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang poised to switch ambassador to France

Equatorial Guinea
Ill-gotten gains scandal sticks to Teodorin ahead of 2023 election

Equatorial Guinea
Malabo comes back to fight it out for 42 Avenue Foch

Equatorial Guinea, France
Paris, Malabo hold secret talks over Paris mansion in wake of VP's ill-gotten gains conviction

Equatorial Guinea
Obiang's diplomatic relations with Europe at all-time low

Equatorial Guinea
Total fires up Gabriel/Teodorin Obiang rivalry