From smartphones to social networks, the digital age has transformed intimate scandals into instant viral phenomena. The proliferation of recording devices, coupled with the speed of propagation of content on the Internet, now exposes every indiscretion to the eyes of the whole world. This reality has just hit the world hard. Equatorial Guineawhere an unprecedented scandal shakes the foundations of society.
The underside of a hijacked surveillance system
The affair which is shaking the country reveals a sophisticated system put in place by Baltasar Ebang Engongaa major figure in the Equatorial Guinean establishment. The director general of the national financial investigation agency is said to have misused his office's surveillance equipment for personal purposes, methodically recording his intimate relationships. Revelations reveal more than 400 compromising videosfilmed in places as varied as professional spaces or public places. The systematic nature of these recordings, where we even see the man monitoring his control screens during his antics, testifies to a meticulous organization.
A multifaceted crisis
The massive dissemination of this intimate content is profoundly disrupting Equatorial Guinean society. Beyond the moral scandal, the affair takes an alarming health turn with suspicions of voluntary transmission of diseases. The Attorney General has also initiated a specific procedure on this aspectemphasizing that while consensual relationships do not constitute a crime, the intentional spread of disease carries severe criminal penalties.
Social tensions and political consequences
This affair reveals the flaws in a system where power and privilege are dangerously intertwined. The leak of the videos, possibly orchestrated by the security services themselves, generates an atmosphere of widespread suspicion. Equatorial Guinean families live in the anguish of seeing the face of a loved one appear in these compromising recordings.
The enigmatic silence of Ebang Engonga, nicknamed “ Bello“, fuels speculation about the real issues in this affair. Beyond the personal scandal, it is the mechanisms of power and the use of state resources that find themselves questioned, while the judicial investigation continues its course, promising new revelations.
