I was born in Equatorial Guinea in 1979, when his father, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, took power in a coup. The ruling family of Equatorial Guinea doesn’t seem to care much about foreign legal proceedings. Mr. Obiang, who did not appear in the Paris court, reacted to the verdict by posting smiling selfies on Instagram. When I was growing up in Equatorial Guinea in the 1980s, we had no running water or electricity most of the year. Western banks and oil corporations, which have enthusiastically and unquestionably worked with the Obiangs, have contributed to the misery of Equatorial Guinea.

Source: New York Times November 27, 2017 10:41 UTC