Statement by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Equatorial Guinea
Addis Ababa, 9 January 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, received the Permanent Representative of Equatorial Guinea to the African Union and Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr. Simeon Oyono Esono, yesterday.
The Permanent Representative informed the Commission of recent developments in his country. In this regard, he stated that the Equatorial Guinean authorities had foiled an attempted coup involving foreign mercenaries.