Readers of this blog would remember the name of the dictator of the tiny central African country of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang Nguema. He is one of the most infamous leaders in the world and this blog described him in one of the posts as a "robber in paradise." Equatorial Guinea is a country of about 700,000 people where oil was recently discovered. In spite of this discovery, most of the inhabitants of the country live in dire poverty as the president siphons the wealth of the country to his personal bank accounts. The son of the president is known to have bought a home in Malibu, California. That is not the worst part, however.
Recently, Obiang Nguema has promised to provide three million dollars to UNESCO every year for the next five years as contribution toward prizes to be awarded by UNESCO and named after Mr. Nguema. From where would he get such an amount of money to give UNESCO? However, UNESCO accepted the money but is now having second thoughts due to widespread criticism. That UNESCO accepted the money in the first place says much about the kind of organization it is. The money should be rejected because Obiang Nguema is a thief. In fact, the money he is giving UNESCO is money he has stolen from his people. Obiang Nguema is one of the African leaders whose financial trail must be investigated. He is worse than Charles Taylor who is now languishing at the ICC in the Hague. It is shameful for UNESCO to accept money from him.
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