A pair of recent Al Jazeera stories looked into recent EG issues, most recently a short video piece taking a broad look at oil wealth's uneven distribution in the country.

Late last month, the Qatar-based news outlet posted a story on EG's presidential elections, including an on-camera interview with Obiang on his 30 years in power. The opposition Convergence for Social Democracy's Wenceslao Mansogo Alo disagreed with Obiang's guarantees of the election's legitimacy. "Elections here have become a game," he told the news outlet. (Here's their coverage of Obiang's election win last week, and reporter Yvonne Ndege's story about meeting Obiang face-to-face.)

Each of the Al Jazeera videos are posted below:

September 23, 2009, Washington, D.C. – The “Energy Security through Transparency Act of 2009,” introduced today by Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), would require energy and mining companies to reveal how much they pay to foreign countries and the U.S. government for oil, gas, coal, and other minerals. Senator Charles Schumer, (D-NY), member of the Banking Committee, introduced a similar bill last year and is an original co-sponsor of the ESTT Act along with Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Russ Feingold (D- WI).

EG Justice is happy about its collaboration with the Publish What You Pay coalition to advance transparency in the extractive industries. The Energy Security through Transparency Act will play a vital role in helping to eradicate poverty in resource-rich nations, by exposing high-level corruption and mismanagement of revenues from natural resources.

Read the Press Release by the Publish What You Pay Coalition