Obiang asks Macron to intervene over Paris property
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on SeneNews
The Equatorial Guinean president has asked Emmanuel Macron for personal involvement in the Equatorial Guinean aspect of the ill-gotten assets case, the government announced. The Paris building housing the diplomatic mission, confiscated in 2021 after the conviction of Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, was put up for sale at the end of June, according to SeneNews.
Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on Wednesday 11 November 2026 asked French President Emmanuel Macron for personal involvement in finding a solution to the case of Equatorial Guinea’s Paris property. He made the request in a message published by the Equatorial Guinean government, after their meeting on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum.
The building housing Equatorial Guinea’s diplomatic mission in Paris was definitively confiscated in 2021 after the conviction of Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, Equatorial Guinea’s vice-president, for embezzlement of public funds, money laundering and misuse of corporate assets. Its sale at the end of June, after the end of the legal proceedings, strained relations between Paris and Malabo, according to SeneNews.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo said he wanted a solution based on mutual respect and allowing both sides to preserve their dignity. The request comes after a meeting between the two heads of state at the 9th Paris Peace Forum, which ended on Wednesday, according to the Equatorial Guinean government.
The move comes after the sale of a confiscated building in Paris denounced by Equatorial Guinean Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang on 16 October 2026. It also comes after five Equatorial Guinean diplomats occupied a confiscated building in Paris on 14 October.
