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Equatorial Guinea: Oil Minister in Suspicious Deals

ANTONIO OBURU ONDÓ (AOO), Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons since 2023, has become one of the leading figures in the oil sector. Former administrative and sales director at the state oil company GEPetrol in London (2015-2023), he had as his former “godfather” GABRIEL OBIANG LIMA (GOL) - son of PR TEODORO OBIANG (TO) and the second lady, now removed from all political office by his half-brother TEODORO NGUEMA OBIANG MANGUE, (“Teodorin”), deputy PR appointed as his father's successor. READ MORE