MALABO, Equatorial Guinea — The entire government of Equatorial Guinea has resigned after an internal review revealed that the cabinet had failed to meet its basic administrative goals, delivering on barely 10 percent of its assigned performance benchmarks.
The sweeping executive shake-up was finalized on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, forcing the collective exit of the country’s top ministries and administrative coordinators.
Okay News reports that Prime Minister Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua officially submitted the mass resignation of his cabinet to President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo during an extraordinary state session. Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue made the development public through an official statement, emphasizing that public-sector management must be bound to tangible outcomes. “The rule is simple: public responsibility has to come with results,” the Vice President stated, noting that the state resources mobilized for the cabinet were met with an “insufficient” execution rate.
The ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) issued an accompanying brief confirming that the veteran president was highly dissatisfied with the outgoing team’s economic management. The administration faulted the cabinet for fostering institutional corruption, stalling critical infrastructure projects, and completely failing to implement policies designed to diversify the country’s heavily oil-reliant economy—particularly within the domestic agricultural sector to cut down on expensive food imports.
The dramatic restructuring arrives as the Central African nation navigates tightening fiscal pressures, with energy analysts forecasting a further 3.5 percent contraction in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to falling hydrocarbon output and reduced infrastructure investments. Despite boasting high per-capita revenues from oil and gas, structural weaknesses remain severe across the country, leaving nearly 60 percent of the 1.8 million population living beneath the poverty baseline. The presidency is expected to announce a revamped, results-oriented cabinet in the coming days to jumpstart the nation’s lagging Agenda 2035 economic diversification strategy.
