Envoy says UN backs Equatorial Guinea’s ‘stabilisation efforts’
Malabo — A United Nations special envoy has assured oil-rich Equatorial Guinea it will be supported in its "stabilisation efforts" following a "coup attempt" against President Teodoro Obiang, Africa’s longest-serving leader. Francois Lounceny Fall, a former prime minister of Guinea, arrived in Equatorial Guinea at the weekend to meet Obiang and to "gather more information" on the putsch, which Malabo said was mounted by foreign mercenaries on December 24. "We are leaving here comforted by the assurances we have received from the president of the republic, and I can say that the United Nations will continue to support Equatorial Guinea in its stabilisation efforts," Fall said on Monday in a speech broadcast on state television at the end of his visit. "The United Nations has made a clear statement against the use of force against states. The unconstitutional seizure of power is condemned by both the African Union (AU) and the Nations," added Fall, the head of the UN’s central African...
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