Gabon and Equatorial Guinea Are Battling For Oil-Rich Islands
October 2nd, 2024
Via Semafor, a look at Gabon and Equatorial Guinea’s battle over oil-rich islands: The tiny island of Mbanié off the coast of Gabon is the subject of a dispute pitting Equatorial Guinea against Gabon at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. Both Central African countries have laid claim to the 74-acre (30 […]
Read more »Africa’s Petrostates: Missing Out On Oil Boom
August 28th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on those African petrostates are missing out on the oil boom — and why it matters because these countries need to finance their energy transitions: Angola’s dramatic exit from the oil cartel Opec+ late last year was interpreted as a historic pivot to the west. The less understood but […]
Read more »Chad, Equatorial Guinea: When Oil and Development Don’t Mix
July 31st, 2024
Via The Africa Report, a report on Chad and Equatorial Guinea – two countries that benefited from major oil discoveries in the late 1990s. But more than two decades later, despite billions of dollars in revenue, nothing has changed for the overwhelming majority of the population: In 1996, Equatorial Guinea and its 1.5 million inhabitants struck […]
Read more »China and Equatorial Guinea: Why Their New ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ Matters
June 9th, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on China and Equatorial Guinea’s new ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’: If you were to do a quiz on “Africa,” Equatorial Guinea is likely to come up due to its fairly distinctive features. It’s the only country on the continent where Spanish is an official language and is one of Africa’s […]
Read more »Equatorial Guinea: Window Into China / U.S. Competition in Africa
May 8th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy Research Insitute, a look at Equatorial Guinea’s role as a “window” into competition between China and the U.S. in Africa: BOTTOM LINE Equatorial Guinea, one of the smallest countries in Africa, is fragmented and at the epicenter of the US-China competition in Africa. Its story provides insights in dealing with developing countries […]
Read more »Africa’s Oldest Oil-Rich Dictatorship Has a Succession Problem
April 21st, 2024
The long-term stability of Equatorial Guinea is at risk as its oil production drops and Vice President Teodorin Obiang, heir apparent to the presidency, continues to show “erratic behavior” and make “arbitrary decisions.” Bloomberg reports on the case of two South African oil workers jailed in the central African country for drug smuggling as the […]
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