The government of Equatorial Guinea is spending $77 million to construct a new luxury presidential guest house and $19 million on a new Basilica.

Transparency International has released the 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index. Equatorial Guinea is ranked 172 out of 182.

A referendum to modify the constitution was marred by reports of voting fraud, harassment of opposition supporters, and intimidation of voters.

Proposed constitutional changes would strengthen the near-absolute powers of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and further deprive citizens of their civil and political rights.

A timeline of the 2011 constitutional reform process in Equatorial Guinea.

Lawsuits were filed in the U.S. in October 2011 against President Obiang and his son Teodoro. 

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