The United Nations culture and science body awarded a life sciences prize in a Paris ceremony Tuesday boycotted by European leaders because the prize is funded by the leader of Equatorial Guinea. Human rights groups accuse Teodoro Obiang of corruption and allowing citizens of the African nation to live in poverty despite the country’s oil […]
UNESCO to Announce Fate of Obiang Prize
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 12:15 am (UTC-5)
The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is set to announce whether it will go forward with a controversial $3-million prize funded by Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. The prize, for life science research, has been on hold for more than three years. Rights groups and Western nations say Mr. Obiang’s dismal human-rights record […]
