{{Authorities in Equatorial Guinea are tentatively relocating the country\u2019s political capital from Malabo, situated on the island of Bioko, to Bata on the continental shelf.}}<\/p>\n
The relocation to Bata, the economic capital, will be effective from the end of February and will last for six months, during which the country will host three continental conferences.<\/p>\n
African leaders are expected to attend the three meetings, which include a mini-summit of heads of state and government, a NEPAD meeting and the African Peer Review Mechanism.<\/p>\n
Equatorial Guinea\u2019s minister for Information and Government spokesman Teobaldo Nchaso Matomba, said in statement on Wednesday that as of end of February, all official transactions would take place in Bata.<\/p>\n
The relocation will help to improve infrastructure development in the economic capital and the move was also mainly in fulfilment of government\u2019s decentralisation policy.<\/p>\n
This is the second time that the authorities of Equatorial Guinea are relocating the capital to Bata.<\/p>\n
In February 2009, a tentative relocation was undertaken following an armed attack on the presidential palace by alleged fighters of Nigeria\u2019s Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND).<\/p>\n
Equatorial Guinea is one of Africa\u2019s top oil producing countries, but with a chequered political history, characterised by rampant corruption and autocratic leadership dating back to over 30 years.<\/p>\n
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