The recent reports on the obscene amounts of ill-gotten wealth in the hands of Equatorial Guinea's vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, makes one despair over the many leaders who enrich themselves at the cost of their country and its people.
Sometimes it feels as if the plundering of wealth by African leaders might never stop. Against the background of historic examples such as the Democratic Republic of Congo's Mobutu Sese Seko, who plundered close to US$5 billion, and Nigeria's military dictator General Sani Abacha, who over a period of five years plundered an estimated US$4,3 billion, it is disheartening to note that the cycle continues in 2018.
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