Equatorial Guinea Cabinet Resigns After 10% Performance
Last update: June 17, 2026
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Imagine telling your boss you only finished 10% of your annual goals. Now imagine your boss is the world's longest-serving president. Yeah, that meeting did not go well.
Right, so here's the gist, via cbinewstv:
On Tuesday, Equatorial Guinea's entire government handed in its resignation. Not because of a scandal or an election, but because they basically flunked their performance review.
Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, better known as Teodorin, and yes, the president's son — announced it himself on X. He said Prime Minister Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua offered up the whole cabinet after they "barely reached 10% of its targets".
Teodorin's post was pretty blunt: "The rule is simple: public responsibility has to come with results." He added that the state puts "significant human, material and financial resources" at the government's disposal, "so the degree of execution achieved is clearly insufficient in relation to the expectations and commitments undertaken."
He didn't actually say which targets they missed, which is the juicy bit everyone wants to know.
This is a big shake-up for the tiny, oil-rich Central African nation. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has been in charge since 1979, making him the world's longest-serving head of state. The cabinet that just quit was only appointed in 2024, with Nsua, a former central bank governor, brought in specifically to sort out the economy and improve living conditions.
Nearly two years on, and it's still the same story: oil output is declining, investment is drying up, and the country is still heavily hooked on hydrocarbons for almost all its revenue. The ruling PDGE party later chimed in, saying Obiang was particularly frustrated that the government hadn't pushed harder on diversifying the economy, especially through agriculture.
So, what happens now? In Equatorial Guinea, a "collective resignation" is often just code for a reshuffle. The PDGE called it part of a periodic "institutional reorganisation" to match new priorities.
But the message from the palace in Malabo is clear: deliver results, or pack your bags. Ten per cent simply won't cut it.
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