Explainer 433: The motives behind Equatorial Guinea’s sex scandal
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African social media has been awash with scandalous videos of Baltasar Ebang Engonga, head of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, filmed by the man himself, in his own office. Andrew Mueller explains the Shakespearian motives behind the leak and what it could mean for nation’s higher office.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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