Thursday 29 September 2011

Tainted African ruler may get UN prize in his name (AP)

File - In this July 1, 2011 file photo, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, center, stands for the playing of the African Union anthem at the closing session of the 17th African Union Summit, at Sipopo Conference Center, outside Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. In preparation for the summit, the tiny central African nation spent nearly $800 million building the luxury Sipopo resort to host African heads of state. Western diplomats say that the charm offensive worked, and on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, the United Nations' cultural arm may be forced to create a prize named after Obiang, a man whose regime is accused of gross human rights violations. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)AP - The African heads of state who converged on the capital of Equatorial Guinea this summer are used to life's finer things — yet even they were impressed.



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