Equatorial Guinea’s high-profile oil minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima has been reshuffled by his father, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, to take over as finance, economy and planning minister. He has been replaced at the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons by former national company GEPetrol head Antonio Oburu Ondo. International partners will be looking to see if there is any change in hydrocarbons policy – and political analysts whether it points to Gabriel having any better chance of leapfrogging his controversial but favoured half-brother Teodorin to eventually replace his father.
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