Equatorial Guinea goes to UN over French case against president`s son
(The Guardian France)

Vice-president Teodorin Obiang given suspended sentence for corruption and embezzlementEquatorial Guinea has gone to the United Nations´ highest court to challenge a conviction in France against its vice-president for embezzling public money from the oil-rich but impoverished west African country - on the grounds that he has diplomatic immunity.The extraordinary dispute over the status of Teodorin Obiang, whose fleet of Bugatti and Porsche cars was towed away by police during the French investigation, is being argued over at the international court of justice in The Hague this week. Continue reading...