By Kevin McCauley
Lanny Davis, who was President Clinton’s legal counselor, severed ties March 11 with Equatorial Guinea and its dictator Tedoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Tedoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo |
Lanny Davis & Assocs. received a payment of $513K for EG work during its latest six-month reporting period.
The EG government called out troops to head off March 23 protests that were slated for its capital city of Malabo and Bata.
The protesters were calling for the “reintroduction of basic liberties” and “improved social conditions,” according to a report in the online Afrol News.
That news service describes Obiang as running “one of Africa’s worst dictatorships.” All the wealth of the oil-rich country is “in the hands of the ruling family.”
Davis, on December 30, resigned another “hot” account. He dropped Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to leave the presidency after losing an election.
IC leadership remains up in the air.
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