Equatorial Guinea has gained its first female prime minister after Manuela Roka Botey was appointed to the post by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Botey had been the Minister for National Education, University Education and Sports since August 2020.
She was also the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Social Sciences at the National University of Equatorial Guinea.
Botey replaces former Prime Minister Francisco Pascual Obama Asue who held this position for nearly eight years.
