Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights Drowning in Oil
AllAfrica: The oil interests of Angola, Brazil and Portugal could pave the way for former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea to become the ninth member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) two years from now, despite the country’s poor human rights record.
Equatorial Guinea, which has been ruled with an iron fist for nearly 30 years by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, currentlys hold observer status in the CPLP, whose full members are Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor.
