In addition to the presidential palace in the capital city of malabo , president teodoro obiang has a summer place in cape town , south africa as well as two mansions in potomac , maryland .
Equatorial guinea , which consists of a main island that hosts the capital , malabo , and a largely forested mainland part , is run as a family fief and is known to outsiders , if it is noticed at all , for its breathtaking corruption .
U.s. support : the bush administration 's support of equatorial guinea was clear and included several high-level meetings between obiang and bush , as well as the reopening of the u.s. embassy in the equatorial guinean capital , malabo , which had been closed to protest the country 's human rights abuses .