Talk:Politics of Equatorial Guinea

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There is a factual error in the first paragraph of this article. The head of government is the prime minister, not the president. The source is the government's website. Amnesty International's website also states the same thingPolounit 08:25, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

There are many factual errors in this article, obviously written by supporters of the Obiang regime. Elections were never free nor fair in 1995. There was never a shift toward electoral politics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.162.237 (talk) 18:13, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Error: Obiang is not Macias's nephew

This comes from the article on Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo:

Francisco Macías Nguema has commonly and incorrectly been identified as Obiang's uncle; however, this is as a result of western misunderstanding of tribal naming standards. In Equatorial Guinea's tribal culture , all members of a tribe use familial terms to refer to fellow tribe members. A person refers to his tribal elders as his aunts and uncles. Likewise non-sibling peers are cousins and those who are younger but not biologically related are nieces or nephews. Obiang is a member of the Fang Tribe which represents 85% of the country’s population. Thus, by tribal custom, an overwhelming majority of the nation is “related” to President Obiang. This fact has been recognized by the CIA[1] and US State Department.[2]

Furthermore, neither Teodoro Obiang's father nor his mother have any siblings with the last name Macias. The name Nguema, the only name that Obiang and Macias share, is a very common name in Equatorial Guinea—similar to Smith in the United States or Pérez and López in Argentina or Lee in China.

If I remember, I'll come back to correct this later. If I forget, please correct this mistake, which appears throughout the article. Denis Diderot II (talk) 02:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

• I removed that information later in March. I'll keep an eye out to make sure it doesn't go back in unless appropriate citations are included. Rjhatl (talk) 03:03, 13 April 2008 (UTC)