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World Service,09 Feb 2012,25 mins

Equatorial Guinea - Following the Money

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Since Equatorial Guinea struck oil in the 1990s, its income per head has increased by several thousand per cent. But most of the population haven’t shared in the oil boom. As Equatorial Guinea co-hosts the Africa Cup of Nations, Rob Walker investigates what’s happened to billions of dollars in revenues paid to the government. He hears allegations of massive corruption and of brutal repression.

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