Today's decision by the UN Education, Science and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) to suspend awarding the "UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences," is a welcome - but long... read more
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Today's announcement by the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang, of a comprehensive reform package comes across as a cynical piece of spin by a dictator more interested in lining his own pockets than tackling... read more
London, June 15, 2010 - UNESCO's decision today to delay awarding a controversial prize named after and funded by the dictator of Equatorial Guinea is a positive initial step, civil society groups said. The United... read more
11.06.2010 | Civil society calls for UNESCO to drop Obiang prize
The United Nations Convention Against Corruption Civil Society Coalition, composed of almost 200 organizations committed to fighting corruption and promoting human rights worldwide, has written an open letter to the UN... read more
10.05.2010 | UNESCO: End Alliance with Corrupt Dictator
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is set to award a life sciences prize named after and funded by the dictator of Equatorial Guinea, despite pleas from hundreds of outraged... read more
Confidential U.S. government documents uncovered by campaign group Global Witness and reported on in today's New York Times, strongly suggest that Teodorin Obiang, son of the dictator of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea,... read more
Confidential U.S. government documents uncovered by campaign group Global Witness and reported on in today's New York Times, strongly suggest that Teodorin Obiang, son of the dictator of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea,... read more
This new report from Global Witness was written with the help of investigative journalist Ken Silverstein.
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Read about the story in the New York Times and in Harpers magazine online
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Angola | Equatorial Guinea | Laws and Frameworks | Partner Organisations | Republic of Congo | Turkmenistan | Banks | Corruption
New report, Undue Diligence, names some of the major banks who have done business with corrupt regimes. By accepting these customers, banks are assisting those who are using state assets to enrich themselves or... read more
03.08.2006 | New U.S. Envoy to Equatorial Guinea Must Hold Government Accountable for Corruption and Human Rights Abuses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Lynn Fredriksson at 202/544-0200
Wednesday, August 2, 2006 or Corinna Gilfillan at 202/721-5634... read more
25.03.2004 | Time for Transparency
Angola | Central Asia | Equatorial Guinea | Former Soviet Union | Kazakhstan | Oil Gas and Mining | Corruption
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26.02.2003 | Is Angola’s price for Security Council support over Iraq a licence to continue state looting?
UK Foreign Office Minister Baroness Amos’ current visit to Guinea, Angola and Cameroon, which takes place hot on the heels of last week’s visit by US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Walter Kansteiner, seems... read more
20.01.2003 | Does US Bank Harbour Equatorial Guinea’s Oil Millions In Secret Accounts? US Department of Justice must investigate.
Information published in today’s LA Times(1) indicates that a massive US$300-500 million of Equatorial Guinea’s(2) oil revenues may have been placed in a provincial Washington DC bank, under the control of President-for... read more
20.01.2003 | Does US Bank Harbour Equatorial Guinea’s Oil Millions In Secret Accounts? US Department of Justice must investigate.
Information published in today’s LA Times(1) indicates that a massive US$300-500 million of Equatorial Guinea’s(2) oil revenues may have been placed in a provincial Washington DC bank, under the control of President-for... read more
This new report from Global Witness was written with the help of investigative journalist Ken Silverstein.
Read the press release.
Read about the story in the New York Times and in Harpers magazine online
Download the... read more
Angola | Equatorial Guinea | Laws and Frameworks | Partner Organisations | Republic of Congo | Turkmenistan | Banks | Corruption
New report, Undue Diligence, names some of the major banks who have done business with corrupt regimes. By accepting these customers, banks are assisting those who are using state assets to enrich themselves or... read more
25.03.2004 | Time for Transparency
Angola | Central Asia | Equatorial Guinea | Former Soviet Union | Kazakhstan | Oil Gas and Mining | Corruption
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C’est l’heure de la transparence Hora de Transparência Tiempo para la transparencia Time for Transparency (4/04) Time for Transparency (text format) Vremya prozrachnosti
Download the full report above in... read more
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Rob Walker of the BBC Assignment team investigates what’s happened to billions of dollars in oil revenues paid to the government of Equatorial Guinea since it's oil boom in the 1990s.
Anthea Lawson from Global... read more
The London-based anti-corruption campaign group, Global Witness, said it has evidence that Teodorin Obiang, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of the tiny West African state of Equatorial Guinea, has plans to... read more
A U.S. diplomat called Equatorial Guinea's dictator of 31 years one of "the good guys" in leaked diplomatic cables urging Washington to engage with its third largest oil supplier or risk endangering energy security,... read more
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