Charges against Ramón Esono Ebalé were dropped on February 27th. It wasn't until March 8th that he was released from the infamous Black Beach prison in Equatorial Guinea.
Gabon and its tiny neighbor, Equatorial Guinea are co-hosting the Africa Cup of Nations.
Lisa Mullins talks with Ken Silverstein, contributing editor at Harper's Magazine, about news that the US government is taking legal action to seize more than $70 million of US assets from Teodorin Obiang, son of Equatorial Guinea's longtime president.
Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to Simon Mann, a former British Army officer who became a mercenary and launched a coup d'etat again the dictatorship of Equatorial Guinea in 2004.
How many countries are there in the world, where Spanish is an official or national language?
From Spain and West Africa to Pakistan and South America -- picks for the best in global music in 2009.