Families appeal for clemency for two engineers after 634 days in Equatorial Guinea prison

The families of two detained South African engineers, Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, staged a peaceful protest outside Africa Energy Week at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, with government officials from Equatorial Guinea in attendance at the conference, on November 5. The families are appealing for clemency and the release of the two men, who have been held for almost 21 months in what is said to be retaliation for South African authorities having seized property and a yacht belonging to Equatorial Guinea Vice-President Teodore Nguema Obiang Mangue.