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Equatorial Guinea: New Rapid Response Brigade in the Context of Food Crisis

Vice-President TEODORO NGUEMA OBIANG MANGUE ("Teodorin") launched a Rapid Intervention Brigade (BIR), a unit he decided to create five years ago, in SEP.2019. "Teodorin" intends for the regime to have an "elite force" at its disposal to act at any moment. This unit was formed and trained through Russian military cooperation. READ MORE