An important report of the grinding plight of most people in Equatorial Guinea. Excerpts:
Infant mortality, for instance, has actually increased since the discovery of oil here in the 1990s, the World Bank said, adding that Mr. Obiang holds “absolute executive power.”
Despite the government’s oil wealth, little has trickled down to the impoverished population. “The interest of the Americans here is money,” said Marcial Abaga Barril, a member of an opposition party.
Infant mortality, for instance, has actually increased since the discovery of oil here in the 1990s, the World Bank said, adding that Mr. Obiang holds “absolute executive power.”
Despite the government’s oil wealth, little has trickled down to the impoverished population. “The interest of the Americans here is money,” said Marcial Abaga Barril, a member of an opposition party.
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