DAKAR, Senegal — The entire cabinet in Equatorial Guinea has resigned after failing to meet the majority of its objectives, Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue announced.
Obiang, also the son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Manuel Osa Nsue Nsuga tendered the cabinet’s resignation after falling far short of governmental goals. He noted that only about 10% of the targets had been achieved, without specifying how the targets were measured.
“The level of execution is clearly insufficient compared with the expectations and commitments made,” the vice president said in a statement posted on X.
The ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) said the president was dissatisfied with the government’s performance, citing corruption, delays in development projects, and a failure to diversify the economy.
A new government is expected to be appointed in the coming days.
The move is unlikely to change the balance of power in Equatorial Guinea. President Obiang, Africa’s longest‑serving head of state since 1979, dominates the political system and appoints the government.
There are virtually no critical voices in the oil‑rich Central African nation, where authorities have been accused by rights groups and the U.S. State Department of detaining, torturing, and even killing dissenters.
Equatorial Guinea is also one of ten African countries that signed widely criticized agreements with the Trump administration to accept deportees from third countries.
