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Diario Rombe is a digital newspaper outlet from Equatorial Guinea established in 2012 by Mocache Massoko. [1] [2] [3] Based in Spain, it is considered as the most reliable media opposing the government of Teodoro Obiang.
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Equatorial Guinea 4 January – The Supreme Court of Spain says that it will investigate two sons of Equatorial Guinean president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo over the kidnapping and torture of two Spanish citizens who oppose Obiang's rule.
During the afternoon of 7 March 2021, a series of four explosions occurred at a military barracks in the neighborhood of Nkoantoma, a district of Bata, Equatorial Guinea.At least 107 people died, and more than 600 others were injured, while significant infrastructural damage also occurred throughout the city.
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Equatorial Guinea 9 September – Parliament approves to bring forward the presidential elections to November. [1]19 September – Equatorial Guinea abolishes the death penalty after its president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signs a new penal code into law.
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Equatorial Guinea. March 7 - A series of four explosions occurred at a military base in the city of Bata, killing at least 20 people and injuring about 600. [1] The number of deaths in the 2021 Bata explosions was later increased to 98 and 615 injured; 299 are still in the hospital. Almost every building in the ...
Equatorial Guinea's government is authoritarian and has one of the worst human rights records in the world, consistently ranking among the "worst of the worst" in Freedom House's annual survey of political and civil rights. [5] Reporters Without Borders ranks President Obiang among its "predators" of press freedom. [6]
The 2017 Equatoguinean coup attempt was the failed coup d'état in Equatorial Guinea by foreign mercenaries against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema's government. The coup attempt began on December 24, when foreign mercenaries hailing from the countries of Chad, Sudan, and the Central African Republic (CAR) infiltrated Kye Ossi, Ebibeyin, Mongomo, Bata and Malabo, aiming to attack the president ...
Equatorial Guinea, [a] officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, [b] is a country on the west coast of Central Africa, with an area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea , its post-independence name refers to its location near both the Equator and in the African region of Guinea .