Despite President Obiang’s failure to addess the situation, it’s business as usual for the US Embassy in Malabo.
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at the PDGE congress in Bata, 22 November 2021. ©Steve Jordan/AFP
On its official website, the Country Team states that three major US foreign policy issues “form the cornerstone of the bilateral relationship.” These include:Addressing the governance and social welfare challenges of the country; andIt is therefore remarkable that the ICS-EG fails to declare linkages to the strategic plans of the specific bureaus that are responsible for those policy issues.
Every US diplomatic mission is supposed to identify any higher-level strategies and policies that link to and support the objectives stated in the ICS-EG. As a matter of policy, these are to include Presidential Policy Directives, State/USAID Joint Strategic Plan , State/USAID Joint Regional Strategies, State Functional Bureau Strategies and other national-level strategies.
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