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Explainer 443: The motives behind Equatorial Guinea’s sex scandal

Explainer 443: The motives behind Equatorial Guinea’s sex scandal

Update: 2024-11-13
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African social media has been awash with scandalous videos of Baltasar Ebang Engonga, head of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, filmed by the man himself, in his own office. Andrew Mueller explains the Shakespearian motives behind the leak and what it could mean for nation’s higher office. 

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