Equatorial Guinea fury as Brazil seizes $16m from delegation

Equatorial Guinea's Vice-President Teodorin Obiang. PHOTO | BBC

Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday demanded Brazil hand back more than $16 million in cash and luxury watches that border officials confiscated from a delegation accompanying the president's son.

Foreign minister Simeon Oyono Esono Angue denounced the seizure as "paltry and unfriendly behaviour" and demanded the items be returned, state television TVGE said.