Oil and Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea
This 107-page report details how the dictatorship under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has used an oil boom to entrench and enrich itself further at the expense of the country's people. Since oil was discovered there in the early 1990s, Equatorial Guinea's gross domestic product (GDP) has increased more than 5,000 percent, and the country has become the fourth-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, living standards for the country's 500,000 people have not substantially improved.
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ISBN: 1-56432-573-3
ISBN: 1-56432-573-3
Feature Content
- Well Oiled
- Map of Equatorial Guinea’s Major Offshore Oil and Gas Fields
- I. Summary
- II. Background
- III. The Equatoguinean Economy: Corrupt, Mismanaged, and Non-Transparent
- IV. Impact of Corruption and Oil Revenue Mismanagement on Economic and Social Rights in Equatorial Guinea
- V. The Government’s Record on Civil and Political Rights
- VI. The “Wonga Coup” Attempt of 2004
- VII. The Role of the International Community
- VIII. Recommendations
- Appendix: Letters from Oil Companies to Human Rights Watch
- Acknowledgements








