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Teodoro Obiang Nguema, expected to be designated chairman of the African Union, has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron fist for more than 30 years.
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With the discovery of petroleum, his country rose from being a Gulf of Guinea backwater to sub-Saharan Africa's third largest oil producer after Nigeria and Angola.
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In an attempt to boost his much-maligned image, Obiang tried in 2009 to float an international scientific prize under the auspices of the UN cultural body UNESCO, offering to allocate USD 3 million for five years to reward "research in life sciences".
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The Equatorial Guinea president, who has built up a real personality cult in his country, has for a long time come under fire for rights abuses from numerous NGOs and international organisations.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Equatorial Guinea
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