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New U.S. Envoy to Equatorial Guinea Must Hold Government Accountable for Corruption and Human Rights Abuses
U.S. policy must begin holding [Equatorial Guinea's] repressive government accountable for wholesale misappropriation of its oil wealth and lack of respect for human rights... EG is...mired in allegations of serious mismanagement of its oil revenues. With the second highest per capita income in the world ($50,200), the country ranks at the bottom of the UN Human Development Index... U.S. companies still refuse to disclose the amounts they pay to the government and were reported to sign new confidentiality clauses with the EG government in June.